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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme
Amir Golestan, the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC, has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan's sentencing comes nearly two years after ...
Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case
On the eve of their federal criminal trial for allegedly stealing vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm ...
Tech CEO Pleads to Wire Fraud in IP Address Scheme
The CEO of a South Carolina technology firm has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of wire fraud in connection with an elaborate network of phony companies set up to obtain more than ...
DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler
Parler, the beleaguered social network advertised as a "free speech" alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has had a tough month. Apple and Google removed the Parler app from its stores, and Amazon ...
The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based ...
Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming
Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale ...
A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers
In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days ...
