View Single Post
Old 08-11-2008, 02:12 PM  
pocketkangaroo
Confirmed User
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 8,452
Quote:
Originally Posted by Quagmire View Post
I am just going to assume that these spammers are hammering on everything, because I am getting those emails are addresses that have literally never been used for anything at all.

The thread title is a bit misleading as well since the link you provided doesn't make any mention of NATS at all. Unless its changed since you originally posted it?
I am sure you are correct. Spammers like that buy lists from multiple sources. I apologize if the title is misleading (someone can feel free to change it). But I noticed that almost all the CNN spam was coming through my original NATS e-mail addresses that no one in their right mind could figure out without some sort of access.

It wasn't meant as a knock on NATS, they run the best software out there in my opinion. They have admitted that e-mail lists were stolen awhile back, and I don't see why it's so far fetched to believe that these spammers have somehow bought those lists of the hackers. I am kind of surprised that this has garnered so much confusion since I thought the data leak was pretty well hashed out on the forums over the past months.
pocketkangaroo is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote