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Spam Operation Laid Open, Exposing Data on 1.4 Billion

ID: eed0d8d8-3363-52de-9907-4afa7089436c

STIX ID: report--eed0d8d8-3363-52de-9907-4afa7089436c

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
78/100

Date Published: 2017-03-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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**Executive summary:** A security researcher found over 5 TB of unsecured backup data from River City Media that reveal a large, organized spam operation responsible for harvesting and trading massive lists (reported ~1.4 billion addresses), evidence of illegal server hacks, IP hijacking, and techniques to abuse mail servers for bulk spam delivery; backups include logs, scripts, chat logs, and financial records indicating multimillion-dollar revenue.

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