PrntRhd
06-04-2011, 02:17 PM
Seems it is easier to target the spam payment system that pays the spammers than to merely go after the spam itself.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/a-way-to-take-out-spammers-3-banks-process-95-of-spam-transactions.ars
However, when it comes to banking, the bottlenecks are far more severe, and switching is far more difficult. One bank alone was used to settle more than 60 percent of all transactions, and the top three banks—Azerigazbank in Azerbaijan, St Kitts & Nevis Anguilla National Bank in St Kitts &Nevis, and Norwegian-owned DnB Nord in Latvia—together accounted for more than 95 percent of all money paid to spam vendors.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/a-way-to-take-out-spammers-3-banks-process-95-of-spam-transactions.ars
However, when it comes to banking, the bottlenecks are far more severe, and switching is far more difficult. One bank alone was used to settle more than 60 percent of all transactions, and the top three banks—Azerigazbank in Azerbaijan, St Kitts & Nevis Anguilla National Bank in St Kitts &Nevis, and Norwegian-owned DnB Nord in Latvia—together accounted for more than 95 percent of all money paid to spam vendors.