Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Russian spammer beaten to death

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I am not saying its good that he was killed, I am just saying I am not surprised that he was killed for being stupid. The way I look at crimes like this is pretty straight forward. You put your hand in the lions mouth, eventually it will get bitten off. Lets just hope a few other spammers figure it out before its to late.

"Russian spammer beaten to death"

"Known spammer Vardan Kushnir has been found dead in his Moscow apartment, having apparently been beaten to death about the head.

The case is being treated as murder though no motive has yet been established, according to reports citing the public prosecutions office of Moscow's central district.

As such it is too early to say whether the attack was related to Kushnir's spamming activities but in the past his operation has been subject to a number of revenge attacks - though nothing so serious as the apparent attack which has now left him dead.

Kushnir ran the Center for American English in Moscow and a history of spamming activities had previously raised the ire of many web users.

In July 2003, Russia's deputy communications minister, Andrei Korotkov, became so incensed about the volumes of spam he was receiving he instigated a denial of service attack against the school's phone system..."

Until Next Time,
PhantomStar

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