A Canadian man has been accused of spamming streaming site Twitch with racist and homophobic messages. In court papers, Brandan Lukus Apple was alleged to be the spammer behind attacks…
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'Bots' spam FCC website over proposed net neutrality reversal
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Bots appear to be spamming a US regulator’s website over a proposed reversal of net neutrality rules, researchers have said. According to three separate analyses,…
Flybe fined for sending 3.3 million unwanted emails
The airline Flybe has been fined £70,0000 for sending more than 3.3 million marketing emails to people who had opted out of receiving them. The emails, sent in August 2016,…
Yahoo 'scanned emails to help FBI hunt terrorists'
Yahoo scanned its users’ incoming emails for an unusual string of characters that had been linked to a terrorist organisation, according to a fresh report about the matter. The New…
Spike in Brexit email spam following referendum result
Email scammers have launched a deluge of spam emails at Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum. By Chris Baraniuk Technology reporter A new phishing attack targets users…
'Spam King' sentenced to two years in prison
A US man who sent more than 27 million spam emails to Facebook users has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Sanford Wallace, 47, is nicknamed…