Mrs Mubarak's IP addresses tapped by spammers and hackers
Egypt's internet network may be all but paralysed, but that hasn't stopped cybercriminals from hijacking the internet space assigned to the Egyptian president’s wife.
According to Spamhaus.org, a fair number of internet addresses assigned to the Egyptian president's wife have been taken over by hackers. The spam analysis organisation says that around 5,000 IP addresses were assigned some years ago to Suzanne Mubarak and the Suzanne Mubarak Science Exploration Centre.
Reporting on the saga, security researcher Brian Krebs says that these addresses "have been used recently to promote a variety of dodgy Web businesses, and that the hijacked block is under the control of an organisation that has ties to alleged spammer Michael Lindsay and iMedia Networks."
