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Spammers Bribe Russian Officials

Posted by Unknown on from the ten-thousand-volleyballs dept.

hellkyng writes with a transcript of interesting chat logs in Krebs on Security. From the article: "Leaked online chats between the co-owners of the world's largest pharmacy spam operation reveal the extent to which illicit organizations in Russia purchase political protection, and bribe public officials into initiating or stalling law enforcement investigations."

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  1. So it's like America by Hatta · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except the spammers are corporations. And the bribes are campaign contributions. And the public officials are, oh they're still public officials.

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  2. Premium News, Comrade! by eldavojohn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Spammers Bribe Russian Officials

    And polluters bribe Chinese officials and large companies bribe American lawmakers and logging companies bribe South American governments and ... well, this list would get ridiculously long if we kept it going. I would be willing to bet that the spammers that operate in the United States have to grease the wheels at their banks and who knows where else? Hell, in Mexico, the police basically make you bribe them on the spot whether you can take a hint or not. You could probably say "Spammers Bribe Officials" and no doubt it's universally true.

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