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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

| | A Little Sunshine, Adconion Direct, AFRINIC, Amobee, ARIN, CAN-SPAM Act, Daniel Dye, Inspiring Networks, Jacob Bychak, Maikel Uerlings, Mark Manoogian, Media Breakaway, Micfo, Mohammed Abdul Qayyum, Mybroadband.co.za, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Optinrealbig, Petr Pacas, Scott Richter
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 ...
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Whois Accuracy and Public Safety

Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

| | A Little Sunshine, Adconion Direct, Amir Golestan, Amobee, ARIN, Blackstar Media LLC, CAN-SPAM, Daniel Dye, HostWinds, Jacob Bychak, Kim Perell, Mark Manoogian, Media Breakaway, Micfo, Mohammed Abdul Qayyum, Optinrealbig, Peter Holden, Petr Pacas, Scott Richter, SingTel, Spam Nation, spamhaus, The Coming Storm
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 ...
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A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

| | American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, John Levine, Micfo, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sherri Lydon, Stephen Ryan, The Coming Storm, The Internet for Dummies
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 ...
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