Fake suicide email causes a stir
On Tuesday, thousands of Swiss citizens received a hoax email in which a spam hunter from Wallisellen announced his suicide. The man, who supposedly wanted to end his life, is doing just fine. He suspects the Russian Internet mafia is behind the unusual attack.
Thousands of Swiss people received a fake e-mail on Tuesday in which a spam hunter from Wallisellen announced his suicide. The allegedly suicidal man is well. He suspects the Russian Internet Mafia to be behind the unusual attack.A mysterious e-mail was sent to a total of 100,000 Swiss e-mail addresses during the night from Monday to Tuesday, announcing the alleged suicide of Internet expert Roman Hüssy. But the person concerned himself is not only well, he never had any suicidal intentions. For him, however, it is already clear who is behind the attack on his person. The so-called "Joe-Job" attack bears the signature of the Russian Internet Mafia, he told 20min.ch. The Russian mafia had targeted him because Hüssy regularly warns of security leaks on the Internet on his website Abuse.ch.
He recently discussed a Trojan virus that Russian Internet criminals used to gain access to bank accounts. His warning caused the Russians to lose a lot of money. Hüssy therefore sees the fake suicide threat as revenge by the Russian cyber gangsters. His servers had already been paralyzed last week. Now Hüssy has shut down his website until further notice - and filed charges against unknown persons.
He recently discussed a Trojan virus that Russian Internet criminals used to gain access to bank accounts. His warning caused the Russians to lose a lot of money. Hüssy therefore sees the fake suicide threat as revenge by the Russian cyber gangsters. His servers had already been paralyzed last week. Now Hüssy has shut down his website until further notice - and filed charges against unknown persons.
