[63774] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wired mag article on spammers playing traceroute games with trojaned boxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. Jeffrey Race)
Thu Oct 9 22:56:36 2003
From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net>
To: "jc@irbs.com" <jc@irbs.com>, "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:55:56 +0700
Reply-To: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:40:35 -0400, John Capo wrote:
> I spent
>the rest of the day googleing for case law that might be applied
>to the network operators providing connectivity to the trojaned
>boxes being used for illegal activities, identity theft. Didn't
>accomplish much except wasting the day.
This is a trivial legal exercise and I remain surprised the
infamous "plaintiff's bar" has not started suing these scum.
Some of the obviously relevant legal bases are negligent enablement,
unjust enrichment, attractive nuisance.
Talk to any lawyer; he'll tell you. I am sure there are BIG BIG
damages to be had for a little litigation.
Jeffrey Race
