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Great post, really enjoyed following the trail along with the author. The sad part is, knowing how useless a lot of ISP's abuse@ emails are, the FTP might never

Great post, really enjoyed following the trail along with the author. The sad part is, knowing how useless a lot of ISP's abuse@ emails are, the FTP might never be taken down this way.

underwater 14y ago
I'm hoping that "emailed the ISP" means "deleted the contents of the server and emailed the ISP".
- evilswan 14y ago
  Or, change the FTP password and email that to the ISP abuse team. Spammer is locked out.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    How are you going to change an FTP password from an FTP client?
    - evilswan 14y ago
      Good point. Meh. Assume it's also root pass for SSH on that box?
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
  Deleting the contents is illegal, heck, even accessing the server is illegal. Furthermore, it destroys evidence the ISP needs to shut it down.
  - underwater 14y ago
    That's why I hoped it was code. He wouldn't want to acknowledge illegal activity on his blog; though technically logging into the FTP server is probably illegal in itself.
    - mjwalshe 14y ago
      depends I didn't see any banner and one could argue that his posting was covered by hue and cry :-) "In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime."