A Third of World's Spam From One Russian Man 233
DaveNJ1987 writes "The FBI believes that one third of the world's spam messages are being generated by one 23-year-old Russian man. Oleg Nikolaenko of Moscow is being blamed for operating the Mega D botnet that sent spam emails from over 500,000 infected computers."
More Details and Background (Score:5, Informative)
From the article cited in the summary:
The botnet sends out millions of spam messages ...
You're a few orders of magnitude off there. Try tens of billions ...
Re:somebody should kill the bastard (Score:3, Informative)
Yes, lets forget about laws and giving sentences that are in line with the crime. No matter how you want to spin it, spamming clearly isn't as big crime as rape, violence or killing someone.
Yes but it might be 1/500,000 as bad - justifying the same sentence.
EXCLUSIVE: This is the next Google project! (Score:4, Informative)
Somewhere in Moscow, a geek named Oleg Nikolaenko is hunched over a pile of computers in a dank and dark basement.
Suddenly, a knock on the door!
Cautiously, Oleg watches through the door peephole at a tall, muscular stranger, with shades on, dressed all in black leather, except for a "Google" patch on the left side of his jacket.
The stranger (with a strong Austrian accent): "Oleg Nikolaenko?"
Several days later, at a Google HQ conference in Mountain View:
- "Yes, our motto is, and still remains: 'Do not be Evil'... We made an exception this one time, but the project nicknamed 'Extreme Prejudice (beta)' has been officially disbanded and the blueprints destroyed. The persons responsible for the projects have been sacked. Any questions?"
- "Yes, Mr Brin, what is the *other* project Google wanted to discuss?"
- "Well, we are pleased to announce that the new Google Map now incorporates 'Satellite Friend Tracking' to know -- in real time -- where all your friends are, anywhere in the world!"
Re:somebody should kill the bastard (Score:4, Informative)
> I don't understand why people hate Email Ads so much.
They constitute more than 99% of email traffic.
> All you have to do is filter them out.
It is impossible to reliably filter them all without losing real mail.
> It's not worth killing someone.
Correct.
> Now the head of the RIAA or MPAA - that's a different story.
No it isn't.
Re:Ah, nice BULLSHITTING (Score:2, Informative)
He wasn't an illegal alien
According to the Home Office, he arrived in Britain on 13 March 2002, on a six-month visitor's visa. After its expiry, he applied to stay on as a student, and was granted permission to remain until 30 June 2003. The Home Office said it had no record of any further correspondence, but added: "We have seen a copy of Mr Menezes' passport, containing a stamp apparently giving him indefinite leave to remain in the UK. On investigation, this stamp was not one that was in use by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on the date given."
- Wiki [wikipedia.org]
CCTV footage released of the incident shows he wasn't running
It was later indicated by the leaked IPCC documents that Menezes may have run across the platform to get a seat on the train, and did not know at the time that he was being watched or pursued.
- Wiki [wikipedia.org]
[not] wearing a big bulky jacket.
Correct.
Menezes was wearing a pair of jeans and a light denim jacket.
Then again,
Mark Whitby, a witness to the shooting, told Reuters that he observed Menezes wearing a large winter coat, which "looked out of place".
Anthony Larkin, another eyewitness, told the BBC that Menezes appeared to be wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out."
- Wiki [wikipedia.org]