Talk:Shane Atkinson

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Lance Atkinson[edit]

Looks like Shane And Lance both appear in the Shane Atkinson article. I think they should be split or article should separate into 2 sections, 1 for Shane and 1 for Lance.

Anyway more news on Lance recently

Email super-spammer fined $16m by MARISSA CALLIGEROS. December 1, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/email-superspammer-fined-16m-20091201-k1sc.html
NZ born spammer in court after 100,000 complaints. 7:34 PM Wednesday Dec 16, 2009 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10615930

Linnah (talk) 16:49, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The time line is a little incorrect. Shane Atkinson's details were published in nanae after he made a mistake in a spam run. He used a spam links that traced to an old domain name that was registered in his name. Juha found the nanae post that provided Shane Atkinson's details. Juha then published a series three articles. 11:17 AM Tuesday Aug 19, 2003 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3518744 9:21 PM Thursday Aug 21, 2003 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3519278 4:20 PM Tuesday Sep 23, 2003 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3518097

The spam gang included. Shane and Lance Atkinson. Mike Van Essen and Dean Westbury.

A follow up article mentioning Shane by Adam Gifford 7:41 PM Thursday Mar 18, 2004 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=3555541 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.97.151.13 (talk) 07:43, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]