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I'm hoping that "emailed the ISP" means "deleted the contents of the server and emailed the ISP".

• evilswan 15y ago
  Or, change the FTP password and email that to the ISP abuse team. Spammer is locked out.
  • StavrosK 15y ago
    How are you going to change an FTP password from an FTP client?
    • evilswan 15y ago
      Good point. Meh. Assume it's also root pass for SSH on that box?
• TazeTSchnitzel 15y ago
  Deleting the contents is illegal, heck, even accessing the server is illegal. Furthermore, it destroys evidence the ISP needs to shut it down.
  • underwater 15y ago
    That's why I hoped it was code. He wouldn't want to acknowledge illegal activity on his blog; though technically logging into the FTP server is probably illegal in itself.
    • mjwalshe 15y ago
      depends I didn't see any banner and one could argue that his posting was covered by hue and cry :-) "In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime."