AOL Worker Arrested on Spam Charges

[Greg B]

http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/41103...25|reuters.html (http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/411039|top|06-23-2004::19:25|reuters.html)


It's shit like this that explains why some people end up in an alleyway beaten stupid with a baseball bat.

Rumor mill has it that alot of people are gonna be payin' fines for what these knuckleheads did.

[Mike AI]

This is HUGE!!!

[gonzo]

You know I expected to see Bruce Bortel's name on that list since thats where hes supposed to be working.


I figure with some of the names poping back up its about time for him to make his comeback.


Hey guys....is he "The Management"?

[funkmaster]

.... shhhhh ... I have a feeling melissa davis will try to sell that list soon.

[gonzo]

Originally posted by funkmaster@Jun 24 2004, 04:27 AM
.... shhhhh ... I have a feeling melissa davis will try to sell that list soon.
Edd where my popcorn? :popcorn:

[budz]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0623042aol1.html

^ has the court papers

[Winetalk.com]

Originally posted by Greg B@Jun 24 2004, 02:32 AM


Rumor mill has it that alot of people are gonna be payin' fines for what these knuckleheads did.
Free Brad "little weasel" Shaw!

[Bishop]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116662,00.asp

"U.S. media reports say that the number of screen names stolen totaled 92 million, and that the e-mail spammer had also been arrested. The AOL employee received over $100,000 for the list of names, media reports say."

Ok who here has a copy? Nick? haha..

[Greg B]

Look, the worse case scenario is what happened. An employee entrusted with the security and privacy of a network's subscribers abused that trust and caused untold misery. Who knows how many people got their hands on that list and he's just the guy they caught!

I used to work for AOL for 7 years. Our magazine which was the most popular magazine on that network quit because of these security breaches. Now look at AOL.

I'll bet you credits to Navy beans that this dude will rat out every insider scam at that network to save his own skin. Then you'll see a cascade effect in the multi-level marketing scams and a lotta pornmeisters getting what's coming to them.

[Dravyk]

Bortel? Davies? Maybe Lisa A can run the consotrium. And Knotwork can be CFO. :P