Japan brings down Godzilla of spam
Posted On Thursday, February 21, 2008 at at 2/21/2008 12:50:00 AM by nullJapanese police have arrested a "prolific spammer" who allegedly bombarded inboxes with hundreds of millions of messages punting internet gambling and dating sites.
Investigators reckon Yuki Shiina, 25, sent as many as 2.2 billion spam messages using what appears to be rudimentary spamming techniques. Shiina reportedly faked the message headers of junk mail he sent in a bid to avoid detection, an offence against local anti-spam laws. The availability of appropriate anti-spam laws in Japan is noteworthy given the country's apparent lack of anti-malware laws. Shiina's arrest is not the first made in Japan over alleged junk mail offences. Four men suspected of sending an internet-congesting 5.4 billion spam emails to promote a dating website were arrested in January 2007.