NY Times On Spam Zombies 166
A discreetly valorous slashdotter writes "The NY Times is featuring a story about the growing armies of spam zombies. It focuses on New Jersey teen spammer Jasmine Singh. Choice quote: 'Hacking in its purest form is not about compensation or about wrecking a Web site. Hacking in its pure form is to show what you can do.'"
Is it something against indians (Score:1, Interesting)
May be we should call this section It is what Indian Technology is.
Its purest form? (Score:3, Interesting)
So he/she treats crackery like it were a sport. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Holding systems hostage... (Score:5, Interesting)
A Western Union office in Belarus, in one recent case. Once Western Union hands over the cash the transaction is irreversible and the victim's only recourse is local law enforcement. Extortionists can pick whatever country has the most cheaply bribable cops. And sometimes cops will ignore foreigners for free.