Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail

[The Minx]

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[quote]Man allegedly responsible for a third of your spam e-mail to be arraigned


A Russian man the FBI believes has been responsible for one-third of the spam you get in your inbox is scheduled to be arraigned in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, court Monday.

According to court documents and FBI affidavits, researchers began tracking down the "Mega-D" spam automated botnet as a prime source of selling counterfeit goods, and the mastermind of it all is Oleg Nikolaenko

"'Mega-D" was likely the largest botnet in the world, accounting for 32% of all spam," the court documents said. "Security researchers estimated that the botnet was capable of sending ten billion spam email messages a day.â€

[frigidmagi]

From what I understand they use bots. You just have to write one email and the bot will pop it out to millions of email addresses. It's a low labor job.

[Destructionator XV]

I've noticed an increase of those messages over the last few months. I wonder if catching the guy will actually decrease the spam, since most of it is automated anyway. We'll see.

[Derek Thunder]

I've noticed an increase of those messages over the last few months. I wonder if catching the guy will actually decrease the spam, since most of it is automated anyway. We'll see.

I think at this point SPAMnet has become self-aware and doesn't really need a human operator.