'Criminal' Botnet Stumps for Ron Paul?

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Wired News.

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If Texas congressman Ron Paul is elected president in 2008, he may be the
first leader of the free world put into power with the help of a global
network of hacked PCs spewing spam, according to computer-security
researchers who've analyzed a recent flurry of e-mail supporting the
long-shot Republican candidate.

"This is clearly a criminal act in support of a campaign, which has been
committed with or without their knowledge," says Gary Warner, the
University of Alabama's director of research in computer forensics. "The
question is, will we see more and more of this, or will this bring shame to
the campaigns and will they make clear that this is not a form of
acceptable behavior by their supporters?" Warner pointed to provisions of
the federal Can-Spam Act.

Ron Paul spokesman Jesse Benton says the campaign has no knowledge of the
scam.

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More:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/10/paul_bot

- - ferg

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