Saturday, March 30, 2013

The 'Prince of Spam' linked to the biggest DDoS attack in history

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The exact identity of the attackers behind last week's record-breaking DDoS attack on Dutch anti-spam organization Spamhaus remains unclear, but one name that keeps cropping up is Sven Olaf Kamphuis. In an interview with Heavy , Kamphuis calls himself a spokesperson for Stophaus, the group of hackers that carried out the attack, and says he wants to "destroy" Spamhaus — however, he denies any direct involvement himself.


With Dutch authorities investigating Kamphuis, the New York Times has published a profile of the controversial figure variously dubbed an anti-Semite and the "Prince of Spam" — a self-proclaimed internet freedom fighter that rails against what he calls Spamhaus' censorship of the internet based on "Jew lies." In a...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/30/4166158/sven-olaf-kamphuis-of-stophaus-hackers-profiled

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