Re: Ransomeware

[Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>]

Rob to me:

> > I'm not sure he actually pleaded insanity (he was extradited from the 
> > US to the UK, where he was found guilty, and he was tried in absentia 
> > in Italy and also found guilty)
>
> To be pedantic, the last info I had was that in the UK he was found "unfit to 
> plead" (basically bats in the bitstream) and therefore could not, technically, be 
> found guilty.

Now you say that, it rings some bells...

> > There was also some evidence (found in the US when he was arrested by 
> > the FBI (?) to face the UK extradition hearing??) that the Dec 89 
> > postal drop in the UK was possibly a "trial run" for a much larger drop 
> > Popp was planning.
>
> If I remember correctly the "evidence" was a 200,000 address mailing list with 
> similar characteristics to the 10,000 addresses used in the UK and Europe.

And, I think I recall hearing, some evidence he had been investigating 
mailing rates for large mailouts in various countries.


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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