Australian Spam Factory Fined $4.1 Million
28 Oct, 2006, 3:48 pm IST |
Sharon Khare
| 
|
An Australian company and its director have been fined a total of AU $5.5 million (US $4.1 million) after it was claimed they sent over 200 million spam emails in a 12 month period. The Perth, Western Australia-based spammer, Wayne Mansfield, and his company Clarity1, were found to have illegally sent out millions of spam messages in the 12 months since Australian spam laws were introduced in April 2004. "This is the first time that spammers have been successfully prosecuted under the Australian Spam Act, and represents a victory for the authorities and the man in the street pestered by nuisance email," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for security company Sophos. "Spam is a global problem, and robust action needs to be taken against spammers wherever they are based in the world in order to send out a clear message that their activities are unacceptable. Substantial penalties must be handed out to those people who choose to spam and spam again in their hunt for a quick profit." Earlier this year, Justice Nicholson of the Federal Court in Perth rejected defense pleas that recipients had consented to receive the spam emails. Complaints about Mansfield's spam had been received from as far afield as the United Kingdom. "Australia's Spam Act is a first step towards eradicating locally produced spam. However, it is only through the combination of international cooperation, local legislation, law enforcement, technology enforcement and user education that will help put a stop to spam," said Cluley. |
Mixx
Facebook
Twitter
Digg
delicious
reddit
MySpace
StumbleUpon
LinkedIn
Banks, Internet companies team up to fight spam
Some of the world's biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope ...
AVG launches antivirus solutions for home and business users
Google+ links not showing up on Facebook
Hotmail Gets an Update with ‘My Friend’s Been Hacked!’
Google Strikes at .co.cc Subdomains, Blocks Them
Google+ Glitch Causes E-Mail Spam
New Facebook App to Notify Users about Malicious Content
Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order
It's a great time to be a family
Microsoft has unveiled its first ever global, multi-product advertising...
By Advertorial
In a sea of operating systems with Windows 7, the upcoming Windows 8 and...
Quick Look: Windows 8 Developer Preview
Windows 8 is finally here and there's no denying the excitement among
Alfresco Enterprise 4 for enterprises is now tablet-friendly
Peshal Sharma
Sat Feb 04, 18:43:23
Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360) Review
Tomas Mondal
Sat Feb 04, 18:41:07
PlayStation Vita - Get reVitalised Review
Harun Aku
Sat Feb 04, 17:22:04
More from Windows
More from this Author
_011517074205_160x90.jpg "Epson Stylus Photo R3000")
Mystery ASUS TF300T tablet, possibly a...
IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Madras, IIT-Kanpur to join
AMD Trinity reference Ultrathins are a...
HP launches Pavilion dm4 Beats Edition and
About Us | Site Profile | Tech2 Team | IBNLive News | IBNLive Hindi News | Cricket News | Indian Stock Market | Policy | T & C
Copyright © 2011, Tech2.com India - A Network 18 India Venture
