Hi, This is not a complaint, but today seems to be a major disturbance in the force...my junkmail load seems to be WAAAYYYY down today, like they all are out at the beach or something... some major botnet get shutdown or something??? Mike
We can only hope it is so... -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 21:29 To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: junkmailers take the day off....? Hi, This is not a complaint, but today seems to be a major disturbance in the force...my junkmail load seems to be WAAAYYYY down today, like they all are out at the beach or something... some major botnet get shutdown or something??? Mike ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6189 / Virus Database: 4542/11841 - Release Date: 03/19/16
I'm seeing the same thing. Weird. -mel via cell
On Mar 19, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Mike <mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com> wrote:
Hi,
This is not a complaint, but today seems to be a major disturbance in the force...my junkmail load seems to be WAAAYYYY down today, like they all are out at the beach or something... some major botnet get shutdown or something???
Mike
Subject: Re: junkmailers take the day off....? Date: Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 01:50:31AM +0000 Quoting Mel Beckman (mel@beckman.org):
I'm seeing the same thing. Weird.
-mel via cell
On Mar 19, 2016, at 6:29 PM, Mike <mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com> wrote:
Hi,
This is not a complaint, but today seems to be a major disturbance in the force...my junkmail load seems to be WAAAYYYY down today, like they all are out at the beach or something... some major botnet get shutdown or something???
A large portion of the Swedish newspaper web sites were hit with a fairly large attack yesterday evening MET, around 1830UTC. Perhaps the keyword is "retasked". Fwiw, I also saw a decline in my spamcount. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668 VICARIOUSLY experience some reason to LIVE!!
On March 19, 2016 at 18:28 mike-nanog@tiedyenetworks.com (Mike) wrote:
Hi,
This is not a complaint, but today seems to be a major disturbance in the force...my junkmail load seems to be WAAAYYYY down today, like they all are out at the beach or something... some major botnet get shutdown or something???
Something which has long worried me is that they get smart enough to stop spamming network admins and similar. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
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