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Comment Any more? (Score 1) 207

by SatanClauz (#30053406) Attached to: Researchers Take Down a Spam Botnet
Are there any more that have been taken down? This is honestly the first i've ever heard of!

Now, part two: I don't know how these things work, but, why does it seem so hard to track these things down and find the source?
Security

Submission + - SPAM: Delta Air Lines sued over alleged e-mail hacking

Submitted by alphadogg
alphadogg writes: Delta Air Lines is being sued for allegedly hacking the e-mail account of a passenger rights advocate supporting legislation that would allow access to food, water and toilets during long delays on the tarmac. Kathleen Hanni, executive director of Flyersrights.org, alleges Delta obtained sensitive e-mails and files and used the material in an attempt to derail the "Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights of 2009," of which four versions are pending before Congress. The suit was filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and seeks a minimum of $11 million in damages. Flyersrights.org, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007, had been investigating surface delays in air travel.
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Hardware Hacking

Submission + - Bus Pirate Open Source Hardware Hacking Tool (wordpress.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The Bus Pirate is a public domain hardware hacking multi-tool that talks to serial electronics from a terminal interface. It can access SIM chips, Wii Nunchuck output, AVR microcontrollers, and lots more. Advanced hacks can be scripted from Python, Perl, etc. Everything you need to build your own is on the project's page. We've covered this hardware hacker's work previously.

Submission + - SPAM: Can placental stem cells become nanobots? 2

Submitted by destinyland
destinyland writes: A Colorado medical director describes having placental tissue transplanted into his lower abdomen in Mexico for its rejuvenating growth factors, hormones, and especially its placental stem cells, "which have powerful 'homing' mechanisms which enable them to hone in on areas of the body that are in need of repair." He reports that "Placental stem cells are, in effect, the nanobots of today..." They're effective in treating leukemia, and in China they're already being used to treat many other conditions. " Many parents today save the umbilical cord blood from their newborns so that the stem cells will be available to the child (and possibly other family members as well) if needed in the future...." In fact, umbilical cord stem cells are already being used today to treat many conditions in hospitals in China. (This article originally appeared in the fall edition of the futurist magazine H+.)
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