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Suspect Arrested In Spamhaus DDoS Attack
New submitter apenzott writes "According to the BBC, a Dutch citizen has been arrested by Spanish police who suspect he was behind the recent Spamhaus DDOS attack, one of the biggest such attacks ever. 'The man arrested is believed to be Sven Kamphuis, the owner and manager of Dutch hosting firm Cyberbunker that has been implicated in the attack.' According to a press release from the Dutch Public Prosecutor (Google translation of Dutch original), the 35-year-old man's computers and other devices have been seized as evidence. The man will be transferred from Spain to the Netherlands shortly. 'Spamhaus is delighted at the news that an individual has been arrested and is grateful to the Dutch police for the resources they have made available and the way they have worked with us,' said a Spamhaus spokesman."
there was no copyright infringement, I'm surprised anything happened with this.
I hope they hang this piece of shit up to dry and his scummy, criminal "hosting company" fades into history.
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He couldn't keep his mouth shut so they came to get him. He was very vocal about requesting Anonymous to help attack Spamhaus for deciding what should and shouldn't be on the internet.
I bet he shuts his trap now.
You mean the guy who ran stophaus and posted diatribes about the evil of blacklisting spam providers is behind it? I'm speechless.
Or are they gonna go Dutch?
The sentence will be stoning to death.
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Ah, but not by the neck but by his gonads. More painful and less permanent.
But on a more serious note, no one has the right to do a DDoS attack regardless of whether a good guy or a bad guy is being attacked (and spam and the phishing that comes with it is bad). This kind of private cyber warfare is only counterproductive in the long term. The Internet is only successful because of cooperation between parties. When there is distrust it stops working. Maybe the governments will figure *that* out one of these days.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
Or are they gonna go Dutch?
The sentence will be stoning to death.
It's always good to see law enforcement working together in a joint investigation.
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Or are they gonna go Dutch?
The sentence will be stoning to death.
It's always good to see law enforcement working together in a joint investigation.
I hear they just tracked his Twitter hash tag.
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Or are they gonna go Dutch?
The sentence will be stoning to death.
Actually the Dutch criminal justice system is known to hand out very light sentences. Hopefully they will make an exception here.
Yeah I know you were trying to pun on 'stoned'.
Cyberbunker are trying to paint themselves as proponents of free speach (sic) and through some magic PR they've got Anon worked up into a frenzy. But I don't really equate being able to blast out pharma spam and hosting malware as a freedom that I cherish. Blocking traffic to and from 84.22.96.0/19 is pretty effective IMO.
Never email donotemail@WeAreSpammers.com
I was talking to some smalltime hosters and they were bitching about how much spamhaus was hurting them by blocking ip's they had rented out to these high paying east europeans... basically it was one long sales pitch FOR spamhaus because as a non-spammer and hosting with reputable companies, spamhaus is for me a savior and provides zero hassle.
It is basically like listening as a non-smoker to smokers bitch about how all the anti-smoking laws are making their lives miserable. Wheee! So the laws do work after all! Yahoo! Come on smoker, make my day, tell me how you have to stand outside in the bitter cold and rain, give me a reason to smile. Because I remember the days when every office had gray-blue air.
And I remember the days when your mailbox was overflowing with spam and it still continues, try to find a forum or such where there aren't constant attempts with "I made money working from home". Spamhaus wrecked your hosting business? Cry me a fucking river smokey. Outside in the rain with you.
REMEMBER THIS when you see someone bitch that Spamhaus blacklisted their ip (range). It has ZERO effect on non-spammers. Spamhauses blocklists are ONLY used for email. If I go with a hosting party that was blocked and put a web server on a blacklisted IP. IT HAS NO EFFECT. My webserver will be fully accessible to anyone!
NOBODY but mass mailers are affected by spamhaus lists. Want to host with a disreputable hosting company AND send a small amount of emails to users? Send your "legit" emails as most reputable parties do, through 3rd party mail services. The ONLY reason to send mail from server hosted at a disreputable hosting party is because you are a filthy spammer or a very cheap ass bastard.
And no doubt some asswipe will come with his needs to force everyone to waste their bandwidth on HIS essential marketing message and I say to him, OUTSIDE IN THE RAIN YOU CANCER STICK BURNER.
By the way, were are all the kiddies who claimed the bunker hosting meant the guy was untouchable because he could life for years inside it? Wake up kiddies, people like that do not want to spend all their life holed up in a bunker. Spammer 0, The world 1
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for deciding what should and shouldn't be on the internet.
Spamhaus does not decide what should and what should not be on the internet. Spamhaus merely maintains an advisory list which network administrators choose to implement. If you don't like what your network administrator chooses to filter, you are free to host your own mailserver and accept whatever spam you wish.
I don't necessarily agree with Spamhaus and their policies, and I operate my own mailservers. However, your statement is simply not true.
I'm not a complete idiot... Some parts are missing.
Let's not forget the blatant hypocrisy of launching a DDoS in response to perceived censorship.
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