Comments on: Spammers win as Blue Security shuts down http://news.techwhack.com/3642-blue-security News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jensol http://news.techwhack.com/3642-blue-security#comment-11882 Jensol Thu, 18 May 2006 13:35:47 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/3642/blue-security/#comment-11882 Blue Security had to shut down, not because they couldn't technologically get back on their feet, but because major ISPs have obviously made a point by threatening of law suits for damage and loss of revenue caused by the DDos. This is what lies beneath the "innocent users and collateral damage". I don't think Eran Shereff and Eran Aloni were stupid enough to start this business without knowing they were tackling really dirty players. So much for their good intentions. Their stepping down is a sad event, not because the spammers win, rather because they are showing how short sighted they have been with all this. All the players in the anti-spam industry which they approached prior to start operation told them it was a bad idea. I am sad that they had to step down, I am sad to see that the spammers will keep going as they please, but nonetheless: shame on Blue Security for letting down thousands of users who took some loss in the last two weeks. Blue Security had to shut down, not because they couldn’t technologically get back on their feet, but because major ISPs have obviously made a point by threatening of law suits for damage and loss of revenue caused by the DDos.

This is what lies beneath the “innocent users and collateral damage”.

I don’t think Eran Shereff and Eran Aloni were stupid enough to start this business without knowing they were tackling really dirty players. So much for their good intentions. Their stepping down is a sad event, not because the spammers win, rather because they are showing how short sighted they have been with all this. All the players in the anti-spam industry which they approached prior to start operation told them it was a bad idea.

I am sad that they had to step down, I am sad to see that the spammers will keep going as they please, but nonetheless: shame on Blue Security for letting down thousands of users who took some loss in the last two weeks.

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