You’ll love this…in a victory that should lower your daily intake of unsolicited emails by 0.7%, U.S. authorities have shut down one of the largest spam rings in the world. The group was known amongst spam fighters as HerbalKing, and, at one point, delivered up to one-third of all spam on the Internet. I hate those people, I hope they get stuck taste testing infected milk.
The global reach of its networks is just utrageous and the article shows you a glimpse into just how hard it is to find and prosecute these scum bags. The two alleged organizers hail from different sides of the planet—one a New Zealander living in Australia, and the other an American living in Texas. Servers in China hosted websites that emails would link to. Operatives in Cyprus and Georgia would process credit card information, and drugs including Zoloft and Lipitor would be shipped from India.
Even though their assets have been frozen, antispam researchers doubted that spam volumes would decrease. Spam now accounts for 90% of all email on the internet (that’s sad), and even if these servers have stopped sending, a new network is undoubtedly already prepping to spring up and take its place.
I already hate them too.
Tags: Herbal King, shut down, spam, worldgaming
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