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by Mike Masnick

Wed, Nov 2nd 2005 12:29pm





If You Want To Email-Bomb Your Ex-Employer In The UK, You Should Do It Soon

from the before-it's-illegal-and-all dept

Apparently a UK teenager who email-bombed his ex-employer has been cleared of all charges, after it turns out that he didn't actually break the law he was charged under. Yup, it turns out that under the UK's Computer Misuse Act, denial of service attacks aren't really a crime -- something politicians are hoping to change. So, the kid only needed to prove that his email bomb wasn't "unauthorized access" and he gets off free.

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    becca, May 20th, 2006 @ 5:40am

    its stupid to be convicted of something so small obviously the authorities can't deal with real crimes

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    haha

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    Bojan, Aug 24th, 2006 @ 9:54am

    Haha... no one can E-mail bomb my account. You geeks are such a bunch of losers.

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    Anonymous Coward, Sep 25th, 2006 @ 9:27am

    Really? sounds like you know a lots of E-mail bomb then, so do you know how to e-mail bomb people..cos i want to...

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    Anonymous Coward, Jan 16th, 2007 @ 1:59am

    http://www.brothersoft.com/downloads/mail-bomb.html

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    So what, well done

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    Rob, Jan 8th, 2008 @ 11:09am

    TBH I think the kid should walk so what he sent a few email to some dumb ass corp, big deal. Get a life. The internet is here for fun not just corporate ass holes!

    I think mail bombs are cool and believe each week 500,000 people should all mail bomb someone to show our internet freedom. Besides the internet wouldn't be here if we all switched off!

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    DOS actack

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    Rob, Jan 8th, 2008 @ 11:14am

    UK Government - the police farce.

    Did anyone get my joke!

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    Anonymous Coward, Jan 8th, 2008 @ 11:28am

    OOO I forget, the police who arrested him didn't get christmas turkey ;( there bonus was taken as they're required to screw over at least one teenager a year.

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    Anonymous Coward, Jul 1st, 2008 @ 8:05am

    whats ur e-mail address

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    Leeanne Jaud, Sep 7th, 2008 @ 10:38pm

    Lets see you do it then...

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    Brian, Sep 29th, 2008 @ 3:13pm

    Photos of Leeanne Jaud http://codymichaels.pictiger.com/images/16925732/

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    Rob, Sep 29th, 2008 @ 5:02pm

    Who the hell is Leeanne Jaud? Looks like one of those cheap bars where fat ugly chicks serve you in knickers and bras. Wouldn't touch her with a ten foot pole.

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    Rob, Sep 29th, 2008 @ 5:05pm

    this one is hilarious.
    http://codymichaels.pictiger.com/images/16925695/

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    Leeanne Jaud

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    elmi, Sep 29th, 2008 @ 8:50pm

    I thought Leeanne Jaud was an actress but this chick doesnt look like her, I think she was the hot one in the new series of battlestar gallictica but this one in the photos is just some hag working in a tacky bar in Darwin apparently. Pretty gross. Found these as well:

    http://flickcabin.com/public/view/5598

    http://flickcabin.com/public/view/5599

    http:// flickcabin.com/public/view/5600

    http://flickcabin.com/public/view/5601

    http://flickcabin.com/p ublic/view/5602

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    Leeanne Jaud

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    Rob, Sep 29th, 2008 @ 11:18pm

    For some reason those links dont work elmi.
    I did find a couple of her that did, I have had trouble with flickcabin before, they dont like too much there:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/30949446@N06/2898627794/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/3094 9446@N06/2897783383/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/30949446@N06/2897784363/

    http://www.flickr.c om/photos/30949446@N06/2898626868/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/30949446@N06/2897783771/

    Why you would want them I have no idea, she looks like absolute trash.

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    two cents worth, Sep 30th, 2008 @ 6:30am

    I think Leeanne Jaud was in the stargate series, not the battlestar galactica series but I cant remember which charatcer she played. I think these pictures are not her or they might be before she was acting?

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    Rob, Sep 30th, 2008 @ 7:02am

    the only actress I can think of is Janyse Jaud and she looks a bit like her, Janyse Jauds nose is smaller but she could have had a nose job. http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/Janyse_Jaud

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    Leeanne Jaud

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    denise, Sep 30th, 2008 @ 5:56pm

    Janyse Jaud was in Andromeda, not stargate.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213327/fullcredits

    Leeanne Jaud does look a bit like her but I think this is just some nobody that works in one of those touch and grab bars.
    http://leeannejaud.pictiger.com/images/16939956/

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    Taylor, Oct 1st, 2008 @ 4:45am

    Against chance we found each other and we knew
    I saw your face and felt your lips every moment we were apart
    I was complete when I was close to you
    I touched your hair, your skin, while you lay by my side
    Hating sleep for it took me away from you
    Hating sleep now for I dream of you and wake alone
    Informing myself each new morning that you are gone
    Thoughts of you cause my chest to explode
    The blood tainting all those around me before I force it back and under control
    A wound that wont seal and must be consciously stemmed
    It meant everything to me and therefor I have lost everything

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    Chris, Oct 1st, 2008 @ 8:47pm

    that Leeanne Jaud is an ugly fat cheap whore

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    mindfield, Oct 2nd, 2008 @ 6:03am

    Leeanne Jaud is a canadian actress, I dont rekon thats her in the photo, some other lady.

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    Leeanne Jaud

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    Karmen Holmes, Oct 4th, 2008 @ 11:54pm

    The Leeanne Jaud in those photos is obviously a prostitute.

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    Rob, Oct 16th, 2008 @ 7:59pm

    A photo of Leeanne Jaud I found: http://www.27bslash6.com/images/Leeanne_Jaud_Beach_04.jpg

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    Rob, Oct 16th, 2008 @ 8:02pm

    There are lots of photos of Leeanne Jaud at http://www.27bslash6.com/photos_2008_beach.html

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    Rob, Oct 16th, 2008 @ 8:04pm

    More photos of Leeanne Jaud http://www.27bslash6.com/photos_leeanne_jaud.html

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    Rob, Oct 16th, 2008 @ 8:06pm

    Leeanne Jaud is actually pretty ugly in my opinion. http://www.27bslash6.com/images/Leeanne_Jaud_Beach_03.jpg

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    Mike, Oct 16th, 2008 @ 10:55pm

    Fuck Leeanne Jaud is ugly! Looks like an ugly guys face stuck on a flabby middle aged womans body. Check this one out I found at
    http://www.27bslash6.com/images/Leeanne_Jaud_Beach_04.jpg

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    sdsd, Feb 18th, 2009 @ 7:45pm

    gimmie ur email and let me try! ;)

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    email bombs

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    thicktwat, Oct 13th, 2010 @ 11:58am

    i want email bombs please send to me
    iwant to destroy my computer its crap

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