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Leaked Online Chats Expose Author of Largest Spam Botnet

Posted by Soulskill on from the cover-blown dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New analysis of financial records and online chat logs retrieved from the operators of Spamdot.biz — until recently the most notorious spam affiliate program — provides tantalizing clues about the identity of the man behind Cutwail, currently the largest spam botnet. Brian Krebs tells the story of 'Google,' the screen name used by the now-27-year-old botmaster who was part of a team of programmers in Moscow. Over the years, Cutwail has shifted from a spam cannon for male enhancement pills to a major vector for distributing malicious software."

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  1. But it works... by RobinEggs · · Score: 5, Funny

    But those pills totally work! I tried them and my dick got 69% longer in just 3 short...

    Hey, what's with all the laughing?

    1. Re:But it works... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, it's ridiculous. When talking about penis size we can't just use a tape measure, we need a scale and a protractor as well:

      [(Length x Diameter) + (Weight/Girth)] / (AngleOfTheTip^2)

  2. Arrest by Chemisor · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please arrest him now for terrorism (of small penis owners).

  3. Spam Cannon? by mentil · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spam cannon not large enough for your payload to reach people's inboxes? Try some herbal V14gr4.

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    Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.