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Engineer stole 'spam' names

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Published Date: 24 June 2004
A SOFTWARE engineer stole a list of 92 million customer screen names that was eventually used to send massive amounts of e-mail ‘spam’.
Jason Smathers, 24, was sacked by internet service provider America Online after being charged with conspiracy.

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  • Last Updated: 24 June 2004 12:00 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Spam messages
 
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