One of the world’s largest spam rings has recently been targeted and shut down by authorities. The internation spam group was connected with Australia, India, China, New Zealand and the United States and is considered one of the most extensive spam operations uncovered to date.

The group used a botnet of 35,000 computers to spam emails that pushed counterfeit drugs, pornography, and herbal male enhancement pills – the kinds of email most think of when they think of spam. The group apparently cleared $400,000 in Visa charges in a single month. The F.T.C. has attempted to freeze the group’s finances while the federal government is pursuing criminal charges against the group.

People who spam like this are criminals and unethical human beings… it’s that simple. I hope they all get caught and are thrown behind bars so that they realize they can’t just hide behind their computer screens.

There’s not much else to say about this. Spam will never die, but every time a large spam group such as this gets caught, a tiny feeling of hope grows inside. That is, until I open my inbox and see hundreds of new offers for Viagra knock-offs.