-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I thought that some members of the NZNOG would be interested in attending this months ISIG presentation by DIA's Anti-Spam Unit. As always ISIG events are free to attend, apart from the beer which you have to buy yourself this month! What: Wellington ISIG Monthly Meeting (http://isig.org.nz/) Where: 2nd Floor, Chicago Sports Cafe. No.1 Queens Wharf, Wellington. (Next to the TSB Events Centre) When: 6pm Thursday 29 July 2010 Abstract: This months speaker is Toni Demetriou from the Department of Internal Affairs Anti Spam Unit. Toni will be discussing the Department's domestic enforcement activity and the challenges and responsibilities faced through the application of the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act in New Zealand. This will provide a good opportunity to meet some of the team and hear about what they doing to fight spam in New Zealand, and how they are doing it. Of particular interest will be a look into the Department's investigation into the Herbal King spamming organisation, who were involved in sending over two million emails to New Zealand addresses alone, between 5 September and 31 December 2007, earning sales commissions of more than $US2 million from this global operation. Spamhaus called this group the “Largest Spam Gang” in the world in 2007/2008. This investigation resulted in successful High Court action in Christchurch by the Department against Lance Atkinson, his brother Shane Atkinson and Roland Smits. Who paid over $NZ250,000 between the three of them. The United States Federal Trade Commission also fined them $USD 15.5 Million Dollars! Speaker Bio: Toni Demetriou is the team leader and senior investigator with the Anti Spam Compliance Unit. Toni spent fourteen years as a serving police officer with the West Midlands Police Service in the U.K. In 2003 he emigrated with his family to New Zealand and in 2004 Toni joined the Regulation and Compliance Branch at the Department of Internal Affairs. In August 2007 Toni then joined the newly established Anti Spam Compliance Unit, at the Department as an investigator. In August 2009 Toni was seconded as the team leader and senior investigator with the Anti Spam Compliance Unit. Toni is commencing a Masters of Science in Forensic Computing and Cyber Crime Investigation at the University College of Dublin in Ireland. I look forward to seeing you all there. Regards, Paul. Paul McKitrick (ITCP) Manager Compliance and Security Domain Name Commission Email: mcs(a)dnc.org.nz Fax: +64 4 495 2115 PO Box 11-881, Wellington, 6142 New Zealand -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMR8WYAAoJEOLRmJe5r9KuWkEIAIAp6fFJ7oLWw9phNSaOA5ZK mys8R1tHybRcEncJnNH9qrumUbgCaLCMRvvZr2BQefJdnrj3E64MzcK1XP6+1zzC UVJTwnW6+OYyxcLI0hl82wtQrac6wrgMmgUXxBNYYbDRjxNw0+OoumlBAMCsmY4z +GWsCtFbPfUFEjcKVDfi/PuBtGM7j+GG6oUXiPbQtVvvXfP7E1+PpZqh0RjOfyLe SX0JKnfa//8R54q87RgJ/xbtH/zAXDo5i6vu8z64cLinLu+1gaeo5KY6xnfM4eCm MrJ52U4LM0QJUJYXlPAzxH2xsG2EDCXQEGMI2/P/Dm3OOCal01VdLxcnXCutEC0= =Hujh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----