British spammer jailed for 18 months
British spammer jailed now after effecting many computers all over the World. A British man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for his role in writing new computer viruses and sending spam e-mails, infecting thousands of computers around the world.
Matthew Anderson, 33, was sentenced Tuesday morning, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a release. Anderson pleaded guilty to causing unauthorized modification to the content of computers in October.
Anderson was a member of an international group called m00p, which wrote new viruses to avoid detection by anti-virus products. The group infected computers using spam and the court heard Anderson was a key player in distributing millions of spam messages and he managed the operation.
He was one of three men arrested June 27, 2006 by police in England, Scotland and Finland. A number of computers were seized during the investigation.
“The computer viruses were found to run in the background on an infected computer without the knowledge of the computer’s owner, but allowed Anderson to access private and commercial data stored on the computers,” police said. “He was able to use the control he had on his victims’ computers to activate their webcams, effectively spying on them in their home environment, normally without their knowledge. Police established this during the investigation when they found screen grabs on Anderson’s computers taken from other people’s webcams as well as copies of private documents such as wills, medical reports, CVs, password lists and private photographs.”
Using the profile names aobuluz and warpigs, Anderson operated behind the front of an online business offering people computer security software, police said.
“This organized online criminal network infected huge numbers of computers around the world, especially targeting U.K. businesses and individuals. Matthew Anderson methodically exploited computer users not only for his own financial gain but also violating their privacy. They used sophisticated computer code to commit their crimes,” Det. Const. Bob Burls said in a statement after Anderson was sentenced.
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