-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Alex Eckelberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/10/15/spam.ring.shutdown.ap/index.html > > > CHICAGO (AP) -- E-mail inboxes may be clogged with a little less spam -- > at least for a while. > > Steve Baker announces that the FTC has shut down one of the largest spam > operations in the world. > > Authorities said Tuesday they have shut down one of the largest spam > operations in the world, a vast network involving countries from New > Zealand to China and the United States. > > The spammers sent out billions of e-mails in recent years encouraging > people to click through to Web sites that allegedly used false claims to > peddle prescription drugs, as well as "male enhancement" and weight-loss > pills. > I had VPXL spam in my e-mail box this morning. We won't see a decrease in spam. - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFI9qYpq1pz9mNUZTMRArjZAKCc7g0Fnyx100dHcBQ+cSeSjrPTugCg4naH KcRgDLMpbjdIxvj398SkLrI= =Uy87 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
