FTC, NZ authorities hit massive spam operation

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Richard Cox, chief information officer with the antispam group Spamhaus, praised the FTC and the New Zealand government for targeting one of the world's largest spam groups with their actions.

But will the suits actually cut down on global spam? "We don't know," Cox said. "What we don't know is whether these guys will risk this happening again. The sort of fines they're going to get are going to be small change, relative to the profits they've made," he added.

"They can look at a $1 million fine as the cost of doing business."