November 09, 2017 No jail time for botnet creator who promises to go straight Tiernan was involved in the development of the botnet for 14 months until he was raided by the FBI Naked Security
August 26, 2015 Facebook spammer Sanford Wallace guilty of sending 27 million messages "Spam King" Sanford Wallace admitted sending 27 million emails through 500,000 compromised Facebook accounts. Now he faces three years behind bars. Naked Security
August 19, 2015 Hacker pleads guilty in Facebook malware and spam scheme The cybercrook allegedly used a "Facebook Spreader" malware to infect victims via booby-trapped links in Facebook chat messages. Naked Security
May 06, 2015 Spamming diet pill pusher Sale Slash has assets frozen by FTC The company allegedly used illegal spam emails and fake celebrity endorsements to trick people into handing over cash for their suspect weight loss miracle pills. Naked Security