Update: Yup, Valleywag can’t get a confirmation anywhere, and admits it probably wasn’t true.

Too bad…

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I’ve been only sporadically online lately, so I missed this one until today:

Valleywag: Scoop: DOJ jails Spam King! Alan Ralsky might rat out a massive hacker / spammer network

Follow the story as it unfolds in Valleywag

Looks like it hasn’t been confirmed by the DOJ yet. The only confirmation I’ve seen was one thread on NANAE with a little more information. The guy who broke it there was deemed a troll by the group, which means it’s by no means a sure thing yet.

In that same discussion, Steve Linford of Spamhaus was quoted as saying Alan Ralsky was NOT under arrest at the time.

The unconfirmed troll also posted:

Some info I’ve been cleared to post:

* Ralsky’s associate Scott Bradley has also been taken into custody
along with the operators of Optigate Networks.
* Much of the bust info came from the raid of the One Wilshire
datacenter in LA a couple months ago.

Slashdot also covered the story

Spamhaus ROKSO listing

But….

I guess the proof is in the pudding. Has the Ralsky related spam stopped?

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