physorg.com— Russia has become a "superpower" of spam e-mail, becoming the second most prolific country after the United States in producing junk emails, a computer security firm said Monday.
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If you read the story it says they are people from Beijing. They are meant to signify that the Russians have surpassed the Chinese as far as Internet Spamming.
A superpower in the Spam race! I could totally see Russia driving thousands of Servers and computer towers down the Streets in a display of spam "muscleflexing".
trogdor282Feb 12, 2008
Since these cables are bidirectional, wouldn't that be the same thing?
m4csrgh3yk3vFeb 12, 2008
"In soviet Russia" jokes should now be considered a form of spam
Closed AccountFeb 12, 2008
and why is Russia's #2 place surprising?? They are a technically highly advanced nation.
drastik21Feb 12, 2008
If you read the story it says they are people from Beijing. They are meant to signify that the Russians have surpassed the Chinese as far as Internet Spamming.
babywookieFeb 12, 2008
It's not as strange as you might think. There are ethnic groups in Russia that look very Asian.
k1dn1cFeb 18, 2008
advertising canadian online pharmacies yes but the guy that runs that operation is russian.. check out the hosting for the spamvertised sites..
k1dn1cFeb 18, 2008
very organized criminal group + apathetic/complicit gov't = RBN<a class="user" href="http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listing.lasso?-op=cn&spammer=Russian%20Business%20Network">http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/listing.lasso?-op=cn ...</a>
hobolordFeb 27, 2008
A superpower in the Spam race! I could totally see Russia driving thousands of Servers and computer towers down the Streets in a display of spam "muscleflexing".
mikepriceeFeb 19, 2009
War will begin with China maybe.<a class="user" href="http://www.unlockcomputers.com/">http://www.unlockcomputers.com/</a>