The anti-spam company Blue Security is throwing in the towel after a prolonged battle with a Russian spammer. They felt that the the risk to the rest of the internet was too great.
This campaign of intimidation was followed by a sophisticated denial of service attack against Blue Security’s website. According to Blue Security, a renegade Russian language speaking spammer known as PharmaMaster succeeded in bribing a top-tier ISP’s staff member into black holing Blue Security’s former IP address (194.90.8.20) at internet backbone routers. This rendered Blue’s main website inaccessible outside Israel.
This a sad moment in the fight against spammers as Blue Security has admitted defeat. This is a dangerous precedent that could embolden other spammers.
Tags: Spam, Blue Security, Anti Spam, Spammers
