Spammer must pay $11bn to ISP

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

In today's <security-news () thei3p org> newsletter:

  Title: Spammer must pay $11bn to ISP
  Source: Silicon.com
  Date Written: 2006-01-05
  Date Collected: 2006-01-05
James McCalla of Florida has been fined $11.2bn, and is forbidden to
use the internet for three years, for sending more than 280 million
spam messages through Iowa-based CIS Internet Services' network. While
the company prevailed in its case, it does not expect to actually
receive any money.

http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39155388,00.htm

WOW!  About time!

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