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Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System
From: Frank Peters <Frank.Peters () MSSTATE EDU>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:56:04 -0500
Osmaan and Amir Shah were indicted in April on charges related to a spamming operation that targeted edu users. As part of proceeding, the DoJ came into possession of some of their address lists. If your institution had any users on those lists then your university is formally considered by the DoJ to be a victim of their fraudulent activities and is entitled to be notified of the progress of the case. It appears to me that they culled whois contact information to determine who to notify at each institution. We have received several of these notifications over the last month or so. -Fwp John Rasmussen wrote:
We received a notification from the DOJ RE: United States v. Defendant(s) Liu Guang Ming, Amir A. Shah, I20, Inc., Osmaan Shah, Paul Zucker Case Number 2004R01026 and Court Docket Number 09-CR-00141 Has anyone else seen this? It looks to be a case of spamming that harvested addresses from over 2000 colleges and universities. John Rasmussen Information Security Officer & Associate Privacy Officer OHSU Integrity Office Oregon Health & Science University 503-494-8480
Current thread:
- US Department of Justice Victim Notification System John Rasmussen (Jun 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Pace, Guy (Jun 17)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Frank Peters (Jun 17)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Jerry Sell (Jun 17)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Stanclift, Michael (Jun 17)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Dave Kovarik (Jun 17)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Barros, Jacob (Jun 18)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Gary Warner (Jun 18)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Leon DuPree (Jun 18)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Martin Manjak (Jun 22)
- Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System Ken Connelly (Jun 22)