[IDG] Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.Sweaney said he earned about US$2,500 a month for a couple of years selling botnets that could be used for a variety of activities including sending spam e-mails. He didn’t even write them himself, but he traded or bought them in online forums, he said.
http://www.itworld.com/security/53598/soloway-case-reveals-big-business-behind-spam
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/876259FA15234830CC2574880017D86C
http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;939858827
Soloway case reveals big business behind spam
Selling the tools used by spammers is easy money, at least until you get caught. Just ask Adam Sweaney, a man charged with computer fraud who took the stand at the sentencing hearing in Seattle for Robert Soloway, the so-called spam king.