AOL Engineer Is Charged in Spam Scheme

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    NEW YORK - An America Online software engineer was charged Wednesday with harvesting a list of 92 million customer screen names that was eventually used to send spam.
     
    ronjor, Jun 23, 2004
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    Oh my god, he committed a TERRIBLE crime.
    92 MILLION screen names!? :eek:
     
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    AOL breach gives spam fight a twist

    The day after a former AOL engineer was arrested on charges of stealing 92 million e-mail addresses that ended up in the hands of spammers, AOL customers fretted about their names circulating in cyberspace's netherworld, and more spammers were scrambling to get the coveted list.
     
    ronjor, Jun 25, 2004
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