Neowin News Feed for: Spammer

Why Twitter was compromised, and how it ended so soon

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:06:03 +0000

Yesterday, the Twitter-sphere was engorged with spam tweets produced by a significant security hole in cross-scripting capability that threw the service into total disarray. People were warned repeatedly to stay off the service’s main page,... Read more...

US spammer gets over two years in jail

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:40:36 +0000

A New York judge has sentenced 28-year-old Todd Moeller to a 27-month term and fined him more than $180,000 after he pleaded guilty earlier this year for his part in a spamming operation that sent... Read more...

Man described as a top spammer arrested

Tom Warren — Thu, 31 May 2007 11:16:00 +0000

A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail. Robert... Read more...

Alleged Porn Spammer settles with FTC

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:49:30 +0000

TJ Web Productions, an alleged marketer of online porn has agreed to pay a $465,000 penalty to settle spam charges as well as adhere to federal spam laws. Yipee, less spam! I wish it were... Read more...

Florida Spammer Fined $11 Billion

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:09:16 +0000

A US District court has ordered a Florida man accused of sending large volumes of spam to pay fines of $11.2 billion to a small Iowa-based ISP. CIS Internet Services in a lawsuit filed... Read more...

Minnesota Spammer Indicted

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:22:53 +0000

A Minnesota man considered one of the world's most prolific e-mail spammers was indicted on more than a dozen federal charges related to the operation of his business, Xpress Pharmacy Direct. The... Read more...

Microsoft Settles Suit Against Former Spammer

Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:18:10 +0000

Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that it had settled a lawsuit against Scott Richter, whom it identified as a former "spam king." Microsoft said that as part of the settlement Richter and his company agreed... Read more...

Florida Wins Spammer Injunction

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:26:12 +0000

Florida prosecutors have been granted an injunction against two men accused of running mass e-mailing operations, in what is the state's first victory against spam. The move will prevent Scott Filary, 25, and Donald Townsend,... Read more...

Microsoft suing Israeli spammer

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:41:30 +0000

Israel's most prolific mass emailer has found himself on the end of a legal attack from Microsoft, which claims it wants to put a halt to high-profile spammers Microsoft has filed a... Read more...

Spammer 'bounty hunters' will need cash, FTC says

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:07:56 +0000

WASHINGTON--The U.S. government should be prepared to spend freely if it decides to encourage "bounty hunters" to track down e-mail spammers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. Rewards of up to $250,000 will be... Read more...

Another Spammer Sued Under CAN-SPAM

Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:14:19 +0000

Today William T. Carson has been sued for allegedly sending thousands of SPAM. This comes as another welcomed lawsuit against spammers for me. This lawsuit was filed by Massachusetts attorney general, and "is... Read more...

Buffalo spammer gets 3.5 to 7 years

Thu, 27 May 2004 17:48:58 +0000

A New York man convicted of using the network of Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to send out hundreds of millions of unsolicited commercial (spam) e-mail was sentenced to between three-and-a -half and seven years... Read more...

FBI plans spammer smackdown

Fri, 21 May 2004 20:06:40 +0000

It's been nearly six months since President Bush signed the first federal spam law with criminal sanctions--and not one bulk e-mailer has been criminally charged under it so far. But the FBI... Read more...

Spammer Gets Message

Sun, 18 May 2003 16:10:28 +0000

To have any chance of making easy money on the Internet, computer geek Howard Carmack knew he had to send more than a million junk e-mails every day. And to avoid being detected by... Read more...

Judge opts to rule against spammer

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:43:40 +0000

A New York court has ordered a Niagara Falls company to stop telling consumers they had asked to be spammed. Manhattan Superior Court Justice Lottie Wilkins permanently enjoined MonsterHut from falsely representing that it had... Read more...

Geek Revenge: Poetic Justice For Spammer

Ross Dundas — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:14:27 +0000

Looks like /. upped the ante on Michigan based Spam lord Alan Ralsky who is responsible for a significant percentage of the Spam circulating on the internet along with the lovely e-mails that you wouldn't... Read more...

Internet spammer can't take what he dishes out

Sun, 08 Dec 2002 01:06:25 +0000

I can say to the least, I have mixed reactions towards this. Ed West Bloomfield bulk e-mailer Alan Ralsky, who just may be the world's biggest sender of Internet spam, is getting... Read more...

Aussie spammer sues anti-spammer in world-first case

Marcel Klum — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:08:51 +0000

An alleged Australian spammer is suing an anti-spam advocate after being blacklisted by a spam prevention Web site, in what is believed to be a first of its kind case worldwide and one that could... Read more...