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'''Yuri A. Kabaenkov''' is the [[w:online identify|online identify]] of a person who, some have alleged is an [[w:evil genius|evil genius]], a | '''Yuri A. Kabaenkov''' is the [[w:online identify|online identify]] of a person who, some have alleged is an [[w:evil genius|evil genius]], a | ||
notorius [[w:|hacker]] and [[w:spammer|spammer]], and possibly an [[w:|unfriendly AI]]. | notorius [[w:hacker|hacker]] and [[w:spammer|spammer]], and possibly an [[w:unfriendly AI|unfriendly AI]]. | ||
Kabaenkov's first [[w:|usenet]] posting was to [[w:|comp.databases.postgresql.general]] on [[w:November 24|November 24]], [[w:2001|2001]]. | Kabaenkov's first [[w:usenet|usenet]] posting was to [[w:comp.databases.postgresql.general|comp.databases.postgresql.general]] on [[w:November 24|November 24]], [[w:2001|2001]]. | ||
He appeared briefly on [[w:bugtraq|bugtraq]] on May 18, 2002; is named as the author of [[w:apache|apache]] [[w:mod_traf_thief|mod_traf_thief]], | He appeared briefly on [[w:bugtraq|bugtraq]] on May 18, 2002; is named as the author of [[w:apache|apache]] [[w:mod_traf_thief|mod_traf_thief]], | ||
an apache module to skim a percentage of traffic from a [[w:web server|web server]] which was | an apache module to skim a percentage of traffic from a [[w:web server|web server]] which was | ||
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== Allegations of spam == | == Allegations of spam == | ||
On [[w:|November 13]], [[w:2002|2002]], postings to [[w:news.admin.net-abuse.email|news.admin.net-abuse.email]] alleged that Yuri's site, | On [[w:November 13|November 13]], [[w:2002|2002]], postings to [[w:news.admin.net-abuse.email|news.admin.net-abuse.email]] alleged that Yuri's site, | ||
antispamcenter.org was a front for an [[w:email harvesting|email harvesting]] operation, due to suspicious information listed | antispamcenter.org was a front for an [[w:email harvesting|email harvesting]] operation, due to suspicious information listed | ||
on the whois record for the domain: a bogus [[w:NYC|NYC]] address. | on the whois record for the domain: a bogus [[w:NYC|NYC]] address. | ||