Jailtime for spammers
August 18, 2005 ( geek )
A former AOL employee has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling members' details to spammers.American Jason Smathers, 25, said he turned into a "cyberspace outlaw" after selling the database of 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses.
As a result of his actions in 2003, about seven billion unsolicited spam e-mails flooded inboxes of AOL members.
BBC
15 months is probably a long time, but it seems like a slap on the wrist for giving 92 million people a flood of spam. Tho... I guess his inbox is probably full of unsolicited male, tho, so, perhaps the punishment does fit the crime?
Posted by griffjon at August 18, 2005 05:47 PM
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