Leo Kuvayev
Leo Kuvayev | |
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| Born | Leonid Aleksandrovitch Kuvayev (1972年05月13日) 13 May 1972 (age 54) |
| Other name | Alex Rodrigez |
Leonid Aleksandrovitch Kuvayev (born 13 May 1972), who usually goes by the name of Leo, is a Russian/American spammer[1] [2] and convicted child molester believed to have been the ringleader of one of the world's biggest spam gangs. In 2005, he and six business partners were fined 37ドル million as a result of a lawsuit brought by the Massachusetts attorney general.[3] It was found that they were responsible for millions of unsolicited e-mails per day. According to Spamhaus he could be the "Pharmamaster" spammer who performed a denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against the BlueSecurity company.[4] Kuvayev is also behind countless phishing and money mule recruiting sites hosted on botnets. He has been called a "spam czar",[5] and a "virtual criminal".[6]
Kuvayev has registered domains with registrars operating in China, New Zealand, and France. Most of his actual web pages have been hosted in China. It is suspected by some information security professionals that Kuvayev may have been involved in the operation and control of the Storm botnet.[7]
As of 1 June 2011, Kuvayev had confessed to sex crimes, sexually molesting girls as young as 13 years of age using the basement of his office in Moscow as a "dungeon". Kuvayev allegedly targeted vulnerable youngsters from children's homes, some of whom had mental or learning disabilities. Reports indicated that Kuvayev could face up to 20 years in prison for each offence.[8] [9] [10]
On 23 March 2012, a court in Moscow found Kuvayev guilty of sexual molestation charges.[11] On 29 March 2012, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[12]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Spamhaus ROKSO: Leo Kuvayev / BadCow". Spamhaus. Archived from the original on 2012年02月04日. Retrieved 2026年01月03日.
- ^ "Spamhaus ROKSO: BadCow / mAiLIEN". Spamhaus.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Massachusetts tackles spam gang BBC News, May 12, 2005
- ^ "Spamhaus ROKSO: Spam King Leo Kuvayev Jailed on Child Sex Charges". Spamhaus. Archived from the original on 2012年02月02日. Retrieved 2026年01月03日.
- ^ "'Spam King' Robert Alan Soloway Pleads Guilty". InformationWeek . 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Beauty in the chaos (Translation from Spanish)". Clarín (Argentine newspaper) . 8 January 2013.
- ^ David Utter, Security Pro News, "Storm Botnet Driving PDF Spam" Archived 2007年09月23日 at the Wayback Machine, July 13, 2007.
- ^ Notorious Russian spammer 'admits child abuse' The Register, June 1, 2011
- ^ Graham Cluley, Sophos.com, "Spam king faces jail after admitting child sex charges" Deprecated link archived 2013年02月03日 at archive.today, May 31, 2011.
- ^ Tom Washington, The Moscow News, "Cyber crime lord faces child rape charges" Archived 2011年11月03日 at the Wayback Machine, May 30, 2011.
- ^ Lenta.ru, Rambler Media Group, "Jury convicts Spammer-Pedophile Kuvayev", March 23, 2012.
- ^ Spinella, Peter (2012年04月02日). "Russia's 'King of Spam' Gets 20 Years for Child Sex Abuse". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2026年01月03日.
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