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Date: Wed May 17 19:22:06 2006 From: prb at lava.net (Peter Besenbruch) Subject: blue security folds Mike Adams wrote: > I'm really disappointed. > > All this will do is give all the other scumbag spammers out there proof > that using these tactics will work, and they will be able to extort > anyone. > > Who will be next, Trend Micro? Fortinet? Symantec? SANS? If they actually do something effective against spam, then yes. Blue Security was effective in hitting spammers in the pocketbook. Therefore, they were targeted. More than that, the spammers began targeting broader swaths of the Internet, taking out Typepad, Livejournal, and Tucows. The attacker, a person whose handle is "Pharma Master," basically stated, if he couldn't spam, there would be no Internet. Given that botnets are so cheap, that was not an idle threat. Bill Gates, I would personally like to thank you for creating a monopoly operating system that is so easy to compromise. I'm sure Pharma Master thanks you as well, though he may never publicly express it. He really should consider a generous donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation as a token of appreciation. Any Mafia boss worth his salt would do the same. -- Hawaiian Astronomical Society: http://www.hawastsoc.org HAS Deepsky Atlas: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky
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