Data Attacks Strike Spam Fighters
By David McGuire
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer

Ron Guilmette tried to cleanse the Internet of spam. For his good deed, he got himself cleansed from the Internet. The Roseville, Calif.-based software developer is back online, but only after learning the hard way that fighting the junk e-mail business can be harmful to your financial health. Guilmette lost his Internet access and stood to lose his livelihood. Not only that, he said, local police and the FBI did little more than lend a sympathetic ear.

Spammers Steal E-Mail Addresses on Orbitz
Orbitz Security Breached, E-Mail Addresses Taken

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Orbitz, the online travel agent, said on Thursday that it informed law enforcement officials about a security breach that compromised some customers' e-mail addresses.

Cloaking Device Made for Spammers
By Brian McWilliams

Call them spackers -- they're the new breed of computer crackers who earn a living in cahoots with spammers. The latest innovations developed by such mercenary hackers on behalf of the junk e-mail profession are techniques that enable spammers or scam artists for that matter -- to create websites that are essentially untraceable.