On Thu 19 Nov 2015 21:13:21 NZDT +1300, Peter Simmonds wrote: > Getting a bit frustrated with the endless targeted spam. Trademe, > facebook, green party and who know what else? For example I had only > given the green party an email address on a referendum, though they > seem to feel entitled to spam my account forevermore, and offer no > method of unsubscription! > > Who do I complain to? What would be the best method of getting these > email abusers dealt with?
These may be the interesting (and annoying!) case of what I got a few times too. On another mailing list someone followed this up and found this analysis: http://www.evilsec.net/2015/10/new-threat-the-win-nppn1jpv75j-botnet/ Short answer, it's a botnet, and nothing you can do. There are 2 strings given on that site that have been used by the criminals, I've had at least 1. May have changed again since... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
