The fridge, one of numerous modern smart devices containing a computer and internet connection, was hacked and started sending spam emails.
The spam sending fridge from earlier this year could easily be seen as being a 'bad refrigerator', not because of an inappropriate interior temperature but because of its coerced online activity.
Many employees seemed to have found remaining at their desks and answering spam emails a better use of their time than standing around listening to the prime minister.
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Don't send an email that can be ignored with the help of the minister's spam filter.
There have already been instances of nefarious types taking control of webcams, televisions and even a fridge, which was roped into a network of computers pumping out e-mail spam.
That briefly cut global spam volumes in half (see chart).
In Spamit's case these were mostly "Canadian" online pharmacies which in fact shipped bogus Viagra and other popular pills from China or India.The spam itself comes from "affiliates"—groups of criminal freelancers who are paid a high commission on every sale they generate.
Over the past five years, web attackers have combined forces with botnet operators, who rent their armies of zombie computers to shady organisations responsible for spam, fraud and other nefarious activities.
Armenian police last month arrested Georg Avanesov, who is alleged to have operated a botnet of nearly 30m PCs.In this section Long life spam A great deal out there Soft pedal ReprintsSuch disruptions may cut spam but will not put the lucrative phoney pharmacies out of business.
One of the firm's cash cows is software that finds spam servers and blocks their transmissions.
