Japanese super-spammer arrested
Tokyo man sent 2.2 billion emails.
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Tokyo last week, suspected of sending 2.2 billion spam emails.
Yukio Shiina was picked up by police on Friday, after his ISP reported him sending huge amounts of email. Suspected to
have bought some 600,000 email addresses, he made a 2,000% profit on his investment, pulling in 2 million yen
($18,500, £9,500, €12,600) from the gambling and dating services he promoted. His spam violated Japanese
laws insisting on accurate sender information in emails.
More details are in Japan Today
here and The Register
here. Comment from Sophos is
here.
19 February 2008
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