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Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.


Thursday, February 19, 2004

Spam Central

EarthLink goes after 'Alabama Spammers'

EarthLink Inc. has started legal action against a multi-state spam ring in which 16 individuals and corporations sent out more than 250 million illegal junk e-mails, the Atlanta-based Internet service provider said.

The lawsuit identifies alleged individuals and corporations in Orlando, Fla.; Woodland Hills, Marina Del Rey, Valencia, and Los Angeles, Calif.; Medina, Tenn.; Southfield, Mich.; and Las Vegas and Carson City, Nev.

According to an amended complaint filed Feb. 17 in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, the "Alabama Spammers" -- so-called because of their frequent use of phone lines in and around Birmingham, Ala. -- represent a technically sophisticated criminal organization that "engaged in a massive scheme of theft, spamming and spoofing." The lawsuit alleges that the defendants used a hierarchy of falsified names, false addresses and non-existent corporate entities to disguise the identities of individuals involved. [...]

I have heard about this for a while now, but I still haven't quite figured out why they decided to pick Birmingham as their electronic base. I guess we're just lucky or something.


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