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Belarus has eclipsed the US to become the biggest single source of global spam, according to cloud-based email and web security firm AppRiver. Junk volumes from the landlocked former Soviet republic, which borders Poland and Russia, hit an all-time high on 13 April and have sustained this level since then. In January, …

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  1. Throatwobbler Mangrove
    Headmaster

    "7.45 per cent from the Ukraine..."

    No - not "the Ukraine", just "Ukraine". The definite article is not just redundant but wrong. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844

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  2. MrPatrick
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    According...

    ...to The Guardian this morning Belarus is also the worlds top country... for Beaver Attacks (and Deaths).

    Coincidence? I think not.

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    1. Big_Boomer Silver badge
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      Pirate

      Re: According...

      Beaver attacks????? Noooooooo!

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  3. Phil O'Sophical Silver badge

    why not

    unplug (figuratively speaking) Belarus until they get their house in order? Would anyone notice but Belarus?

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    1. Tapeador
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      Re: why not

      Gas pipeline :-/

      Also cutting off information flow helps its present dictatorship.

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  4. BornToWin

    I'm all for full recourse

    I suggest using the top secret tech that allows authorities to send a digital fire to the HDDSs of all SPAMMERs burning up their PC hardware. I hope that film crews are on site when the fires begin and the perps panic. This would be news worth watching.

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    1. Fatman
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      Re: I'm all for full recourse

      Almost as good would be a nasty that triggers the SECURE_ERASE command built into most current hard drives.

      I have often wondered if there was a way to access the internal LBA layout table1, and wipe it out, or better yet, scramble it.

      1 Most people are aware that the "old" cylinder/head/sector nonsense that one once HAD to use in partitioning a hard drive is no longer necessary; there is STILL some internal table that maps a specific LBA to the physical sector containing the data. If one could only fuck up THAT table!!!

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  5. Shaun 2
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    Thankyou

    All traffic from Belarus now being dropped by my little firewall :)

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  6. Bob AMG
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    Operation Blackhole Belarus

    http://www.programva.com/en/ip-addresses-world-countries?u0=%20Belarus&uA=IP%20addresses&id_r=36&opEvent=country

    Then add them to your spam list.

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