" Local hacker 'Memehacker' ('instant messaged') in with a scoop on Alan Ralsky, the famed 'Spam King' covered by the Observer and the Detroit News. Here's the breaking story:
" Valleywag: 'Tell me the scoop in three sentences.
" Memehacker: 'Alan Ralsky is currently being held by the feds and his file is sealed for the next 72 hours by the DOJ. We are concerned that he is going to narq out the entire network since they have enough on him to send him to jail.
" 'This means hackers, spammers, anyone who has worked in spam legally or illegally for the last 5 years at least. The DOJ wants to do a dragnet, they have the top dog, but they want the whole system as well ...
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