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| The Internet tubes are clogged |
| 2006-11-20 |
| Internet Traffic Report shows a general meltdown everywhere pretty much but North America. I can't connect to a lot of U.S. sites from Europe, and what I get is slow. Any word what's up? |
| Posted by:Mizzou Mafia |
| #10 Article Referenced by LGF According to data from Barracuda Networks, an enterprise security appliance vendor in Mountain View, Calif., there has been a 67 percent increase in overall spam volume and a 500 percent increase in image spam since Aug. 2006. |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-11-20 23:03 |
| #9 It's due to GLOBAL WARMING. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-11-20 21:56 |
| #8 I've had a steady flood of cyrillic-lettered spam - WTF good can that do someone? I can't even read it before I delete it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-20 21:27 |
| #7 DAMN COMMIES!!!!! Via LGF: If you’ve been experiencing a sudden surge of soul-numbing email spam in your Inbox, here’s the reason. A scary little article at eWeek looks at the huge number of compromised (i.e. virus/worm infected) servers, and what the spammers are making them do: ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders. (Hat tip: Tom.) |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-11-20 21:11 |
| #6 We got blocked to our Yahoo mail accounts at work. Supposedly got something like 40,000 hits in a few hours last Friday or so. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-11-20 20:55 |
| #5 There was a surge in spambots a month or two back. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-11-20 17:21 |
| #4 30 day pattern shows no short term anomaly. |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-11-20 16:47 |
| #3 Spam hitting our company firewalls (in CA) is up over 500% in the last two months and continues to increase rapidly. No one is sure why. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-11-20 16:38 |
| #2 I blame Bush! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-20 14:14 |
| #1 Mebbe they're letting the UN run their networks... |
| Posted by: .com 2006-11-20 13:25 |