Re: US Department of Justice Victim Notification System

[Martin Manjak <mm376 () ALBANY EDU>]

We got one last week. That was the first of its kind.


--
Martin Manjak
Information Security Officer
University at Albany
CISSP, GIAC GSEC-G, GCIH, GCWN



Dave Kovarik wrote:
> anyone know of where a list of affected institutions might be found?
> - Dave Kovarik
> Northwestern University
> 847-467-5930
>
> Frank Peters wrote:
> > 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