Hotmail honeypot helps nab spam gang - GoFuckYourself.com

VeriSexy · 05-19-2005, 12:08 PM

Microsoft says it has helped gather evidence against a global spam ring, applauding a US judge for bringing suit against them.
The company's Internet Safety Enforcement team found its honeypot Hotmail accounts filled with more than 45,000 junk mails believed to have originated from the spam ring in just three weeks.

The organisation is spread internationally, with operatives in Boston and Russia, domains registered in Monaco, Australia and France and servers in China, Korea, Brazil and Taiwan.

Nine defendants - seven men and two companies - are now at the wrong end of a suit brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly for violations of federal and state law related to their spamming activities.

'We applaud Attorney General Reilly for his strong leadership and sustained anti-spam efforts because spam is not just annoying, in this case it's illegal,' said Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft. 'Spam can be devious, intentionally deceptive and is sometimes loaded with either viruses that crash computers or trickery designed to get you to give up your personal information.'

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/72554/mi...spam-ring.html

Fukeneh · 05-19-2005, 06:48 PM

yea, that happened a while ago.

tranza · 05-19-2005, 06:55 PM

They operate in Brazil?

05-19-2005, 12:08 PM	#1
VeriSexy Join The Royal Family Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 25,463	Hotmail honeypot helps nab spam gang Microsoft says it has helped gather evidence against a global spam ring, applauding a US judge for bringing suit against them. The company's Internet Safety Enforcement team found its honeypot Hotmail accounts filled with more than 45,000 junk mails believed to have originated from the spam ring in just three weeks. The organisation is spread internationally, with operatives in Boston and Russia, domains registered in Monaco, Australia and France and servers in China, Korea, Brazil and Taiwan. Nine defendants - seven men and two companies - are now at the wrong end of a suit brought by Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly for violations of federal and state law related to their spamming activities. 'We applaud Attorney General Reilly for his strong leadership and sustained anti-spam efforts because spam is not just annoying, in this case it's illegal,' said Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft. 'Spam can be devious, intentionally deceptive and is sometimes loaded with either viruses that crash computers or trickery designed to get you to give up your personal information.' http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/72554/mi...spam-ring.html __________________ Looking for a KICK ASS TEEN SPONSOR? Check out ROYAL CASH - THE KING OF TEEN! Incredible webmaster tools FHGs, Morphing Blog and RSS Feeds, Embedded FLV & WMV Videos. With TOP RATIO Sites like TeenStarsOnly.com - Earn $$ with our New Site & Bonus Payouts!! ATMovs.com \| iTeenVideo.com \| TeenSexMovs.com \| TeenSexMania.com

05-19-2005, 06:55 PM	#3
tranza ICQ: 197-556-237 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: BRASIL !!! Posts: 57,559	They operate in Brazil? __________________ I'm just a newbie.

05-19-2005, 06:48 PM	#2
Fukeneh Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 1,245	yea, that happened a while ago.