Is it just me, or does it seem like there is a lot of spam talk these days? Here I have for you two of the hottest spam stories of the moment, and a little talk about hacking and passing the blame to round things up.
You would think that the king of spam would at least get a crown made of mixed meat or something cool like that, but the only thing Robert Alan Soloway has to look forward to now is a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and fines of more than $500,000. How did he get the crown? According to Jeffrey C. Sullivan, a United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, “Our investigators dubbed him the ‘Spam King’ because he is responsible for millions of spam emails”.
Switzerland Tops World in Spam
The Swiss are usually only known for banks and watches, but now they can add one more title to that list, spam. According to security vendor MessageLabs, Switzerland has exceeded former front-runner Hong Kong as the most spammed country.
ICANN Blames Register.com for Hack
Last but not least, to give you an amusing story for the web hosting water cooler, it looks like ICANN has tossed Register.com under the bus. Since ICANN’s web site got hacked a few weeks back, looks like Register.com is becoming their scapegoat. “The DNS redirect was a result of an attack on ICANN’s registrar’s systems. A full, confidential, security report from that registrar has since been provided to ICANN with respect to this attack.” Register.com is a good company, and I don’t think it is totally fare that ICANN is looking to pass the buck so quickly with it’s own security problems.
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