Spam blacklist shuts down

KwitkoKwitko Sheriff of Banning (Retired)By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
As of today, Osirusoft, distributer of the SPEWS and open relay blocklists, among others, is no longer operational. Servers using these lists (including the FTC) are currently rejecting ALL email. This shutdown seems to be in response to a several-week-long DDoS attack on Osirusoft, SPEWS and others, resulting in both sites being down. This has caused much discussion on n.a.n-a.e, including the suggestion that the attack is somehow related to the SoBig worm. The spammers must be hurting if they can devote these kinds of resources to attacking blocklists.

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/08/27/0214238.shtml?tid=111&tid=126
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