Webmaster Arrested

[KRL]

Scott Levine got arrested. US DOJ 144 Count Indictment.

Was a big time e-mailer out of Florida.

[TechNtentions]

one down...many to go

[WiredGuy]

What were the charges? Spam?
WG

[OY]

I wish they'd catch the killer from the Simpson murders soon...

[xroach]

jail em all, let bubba sort em out

[CDSmith]

You know you're a big spammer when, after they arrest you and shut down your operation, the internet speeds up by 5%.

[stocktrader23]

Originally posted by WiredGuy
What were the charges? Spam?
WG

I'm sure there were 200 charges so he would plea to one instead of praying a jury would find him innocent of tying his shoes the wrong way or something.

[Spunky]

A small fish in a big pond unfortunately

[KRL]

Originally posted by WiredGuy
What were the charges? Spam?
WG

That and he allegedly hacked the computer network run by Axciom which handles TransUnion's data system. They got 8 gigs of info. Axciom hanldes a lot of big banks and cc networks. They have info on just about everyone American being suppliers to one of the big 3 credit bureaus.

[mardigras]

Isn't he the one that was featured on 20/20 a while back?

[tony286]

Originally posted by KRL
That and he allegedly hacked the computer network run by Axciom which handles TransUnion's data system. They got 8 gigs of info. Axciom hanldes a lot of big banks and cc networks. They have info on just about eveyone in America.

if found guilty what kind of time can he be looking at?

[Tom_PMs]

Originally posted by Oystein
I wish they'd catch the killer from the Simpson murders soon...

It was Maggie

[KRL]

Originally posted by tony404
if found guilty what kind of time can he be looking at?

144 counts? LOL,

That's called bye bye birdie time.

[Jonathan Quarkschowski]

Originally posted by CDSmith
You know you're a big spammer when, after they arrest you and shut down your operation, the internet speeds up by 5%.

disconnecting webair could almost do that.

[Abyss_Vee]

Originally posted by TechNtentions
one down...many to go

lol that sig is annoying

[crockett]

Originally posted by KRL
That and he allegedly hacked the computer network run by Axciom which handles TransUnion's data system. They got 8 gigs of info. Axciom hanldes a lot of big banks and cc networks. They have info on just about everyone American being suppliers to one of the big 3 credit bureaus.

ahhh so this is just like the last case of a major spammer being arrested...

They use big headlines about him being a spammer, but he was arrested for something completely different .

[CDSmith]

Originally posted by Abyss_Vee
lol that sig is annoying

Your's, however, is hilarious.

[mary34d]

holy shit! I just saw him last month ago at Voodoo Lounge

[SpeakEasy]

Originally posted by Jonathan Quarkschowski
disconnecting webair could almost do that.

[MrJackMeHoff]

Originally posted by crockett
ahhh so this is just like the last case of a major spammer being arrested...

They use big headlines about him being a spammer, but he was arrested for something completely different .

Like I said before its never gonna be "just" becaue they spammed. Never.

[jimmyf]

Originally posted by Jonathan Quarkschowski
disconnecting webair could almost do that.

this is a true statement

[jimmyf]

Originally posted by MrJackMeHoff
Like I said before its never gonna be "just" becaue they spammed. Never.

they have already got some **just** for spam. Been posted on this board, and I've read about them in the papers.

don't even began 2 think you are safe if you are **just** a spammer

[pxxx]

Originally posted by KRL
That and he allegedly hacked the computer network run by Axciom which handles TransUnion's data system. They got 8 gigs of info. Axciom hanldes a lot of big banks and cc networks. They have info on just about everyone American being suppliers to one of the big 3 credit bureaus.

Crazy stuff man.


-Greg

[Ian]

"Scott Levine got arrested. US DOJ 144 Count Indictment.
Was a big time e-mailer out of Florida."



Considering the email traffic i'm getting from assholes like him...

... I sincerely hope his asshole is big enough for what he should be about to recieve.


Deserves his own Mazola party.

[Pornwolf]

Again, another false report. He was a mailer but he didn't get busted for spamming really, it was something much more serious. I like how the news twists everything.

[crockett]

Originally posted by jimmyf
they have already got some **just** for spam. Been posted on this board, and I've read about them in the papers.

don't even began 2 think you are safe if you are **just** a spammer

who I haven't seen any.. the last guy that was reported on national news as a spammer, was busted because he was stealing earthlink accounts and using them to spam with.. So he was arrested for identity theft.. However of course the headlines were "major Spamer busted"

[boobmaster]

Originally posted by crockett
who I haven't seen any.. the last guy that was reported on national news as a spammer, was busted because he was stealing earthlink accounts and using them to spam with.. So he was arrested for identity theft.. However of course the headlines were "major Spamer busted"

Then he was a criminal and not 'just' a spammer. I think I'll sue him for my yearly spammarrest bill.

[KRL]

Originally posted by mary34d
holy shit! I just saw him last month ago at Voodoo Lounge

[Lace]

Originally posted by mary34d
holy shit! I just saw him last month ago at Voodoo Lounge

sure you did.

[$5 submissions]

Originally posted by Oystein
I wish they'd catch the killer from the Simpson murders soon...

You mean, the "killers" (plural)

[Rick Latona]

I don't spam or spyware but you guys are pissed about a cat video my staff posted on the world's biggest shock site.

[dig420]

Originally posted by Rick Latona
I don't spam or spyware but you guys are pissed about a cat video my staff posted on the world's biggest shock site.

do you really want to open that up again?

[Spunky]

Originally posted by Rick Latona
I don't spam or spyware but you guys are pissed about a cat video my staff posted on the world's biggest shock site.

[Vitasoy]

He'll get more time for hacking then spamming

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by TechNtentions
one down...many to go

like stepping on a fuckin roach, a million more where he crawled out of...

[KRL]

Originally posted by Rick Latona
I don't spam or spyware but you guys are pissed about a cat video my staff posted on the world's biggest shock site.

For the millionth time, its not the video everyone got disturbed about as much as CJ's exploitation for traffic of a domesticed intelligent cat tortured and burned to death and made a mock of by calling it Hot Pussy.

[Doctor Dre]

Spamming from the US is a bad idea right now ...

[Manga1]

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/n...ing/35279.html

Federal authorities yesterday charged an online advertiser in Florida with tapping into the computer system of a large database marketer in Arkansas and stealing "vast amounts of personal information" about Americans in what they described as one of the largest network intrusions in recent memory.

In an indictment filed in the Eastern District of Arkansas, federal prosecutors charged Scott Levine, 45, of Boca Raton with 139 counts for allegedly exploiting network links his company had to Acxiom in Little Rock to secretly download millions of names, e-mail and home addresses and other details.
Levine was identified as the owner of Snipermail, an e-mail company that mailed out pitches for advertisers or their brokers.

Acxiom, one of the world's largest data aggregators, has information about virtually every adult in America.

It also manages and enhances data for major banks, insurers, direct marketers, the credit bureau TransUnion and others. It has developed some of the world's most sophisticated data analysis software, some of which it uses for homeland security screening for government contracts.
Yesterday's announcement came one year after authorities in Ohio discovered that a local man there, working for a company doing business with Acxiom, had illegally downloaded information from the Arkansas company.

Acxiom discovered the second intrusion as it examined its computers for vulnerabilities following the discovery in Ohio. It brought the case to the attention of U.S. officials last year.

Since the thefts, company officials said they have upgraded security systems.
The indictment said that Levine gained access to Acxiom computers by misusing a legitimate password and user name while working for a company doing business with Acxiom.

Justice Department officials said they wanted to draw attention to the seriousness of computer security.
"The protection of personal information stored on our nation's computer systems is critical to public trust in those networks and to the health of our economy," said Christopher Wray, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's criminal division.

"We will aggressively pursue those who steal private information from computer networks and make it clear there are serious consequences for such crimes."
Efforts to reach Levine by phone were unsuccessful.

Acxiom officials praised federal authorities for following through on the case and pledged to do a better job protecting the company's vast wealth of data about Americans.

Among other details, the company keeps records on the value of individuals' home, the type of work they do, the kind of cars they drive, their estimated income and the presence of children in their houses.
"We are committed to safeguarding our systems and the data that we store and manage on behalf of our clients," the company said in a statement.