Who is sending this shit and better yet, how do we stop it?

[mikelewis]

https://postimg.org/image/kze657a6d/

This was in my email... I didn't click the link ...

when I hover over the link... the site...

bit .ly/ ******* (remainder omitted because I don't want to help market this shit)


the primary server comes back to

Whois & Quick Stats
IP Address 67.199.248.10 - 4 other sites hosted on this server
IP Location United States - New York - New York City - Bitly Inc
ASN United States AS395224 BITLY-AS - Bitly Inc, US (registered Jun 01, 2016)
Whois History 1,764 records have been archived since 2008-07-09
Whois Server whois.nic.ly

From Bloomberg....

Key Executives For Bitly, Inc.
Mr. Mark Josephson
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Matt Thomson
Chief Product Officer
Mr. Rob Platzer
Chief Technology Officer
Ms. Susan Riskin
Vice President of Human Resources
Mr. Andrew Cohen
General Manager
Age: 66 (Not sure why that's important...)


Company Overview
Bitly, Inc. helps users to collect, organize, shorten, and share links and domain names on the Web. It also offers an enterprise analytics service that lets Web publishers and brands monitor the real-time aggregate traffic of shared content. The company offers services via its Website, browser extensions, mobile Web, and various third-party tools integrated with its open public API. Bitly, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in New York, New York.
85 5th Avenue
4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
United States
Founded in 2008
Phone:
212-537-6135
www.bitly.com


and as for the sender of the email.... [e-mail]... I've no idea how to track this person down... yet.

What's troubling about this sort of email is this is exactly the sort of thing that got the DNC hacked. This could be a real 45 supporter... in which case... bully for them but stop spamming me.... it could be hackers trying a phishing scheme... it could be someone working for the Trump campaign... or it could be the Russians with their eastern European allies trying to manipulate the perception of the American body politic... whatever it is... this is the sort of shit that's causing a lot of problems...

They're hacking emails, they're trolling major news outlets, they're data mining... who are they? How do we find them? How do we pull their collective plugs? This is where America is being attacked... I never got things like this until after I donated to the Hilary Campaign... the very next day, I was flooded with Anti-Hilary spam... I didn't put two and two together... I didn't care... it seemed innocuous... it's not... it's how they are attacking this country and we need to develop a defense against them before it's too late.

[Canoe52]

1. K&R

[pkdu]

2. Funny you mention DNC hack....google KAJ17TR and you only get 2 results...your post AND

A Russian one

[mikelewis]

7. What's weirder is that the codes on the page have nothing to do with electronic components..

KAJ17VV KAJ17V1 KAJ17VZ KAJ17VA KAJ17V2 KAJ17VP KAJ17V3 KAJ17VL KAJ17V4 KAJ17VT KAJ17V5 KAJ17VE KAJ17V6 KAJ17VC KAJ17V7 KAJ17VO KAJ17V8 KAJ17VM KAJ17V9 KAJ17VJ KAJ17VK KAJ17VI KAJ17VD KAJ17VB KAJ17VF KAJ17VQ KAJ17VN KAJ17VR KAJ17VG KAJ17VS KAJ17VH KAJ17VX KAJ17VY KAJ17VW KAJ17VU

These are nonsense... try calling Radio shack and ask for these parts and you'll get no where... the site claims they're part number from this company...

Avesta Ltd.
Fizicheskaya 11
142190 Troitsk, Moscow
Russian Federation

[mikelewis]

8. What's even weirder is the number doesn't even come up when you search the site... none of them do..

Weird...

[Ilsa]

3. I'm convinced the story about 3 muslim brothers working IT for

House democrats getting fired for stealing Intel is a fake news item. All of the online stories are from far-right or alt-right blogs. One mentioned Maria Bartiromo being the person who broke the story, yet it isn't on Fox News online. The only brothers' names that come up online are too old or don't live anywhere near DC.

[PoliticAverse]

9. That story seems to have originated with Politico, Buzzfeed and The Daily Caller...

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staffers-investigation-equipment-234586
https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/feds-arrest-five-congressional-it-contractors-at-the-capitol
http://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/

[Ilsa]

10. If you have advice for how to run it down,

I'd appreciate it and listen. I don't know much about how to do internet research, and I haven't wanted to call any of the Congresspeople supposedly involved to see if that Democratic group exists.

[PoliticAverse]

11. This seems to be part of an ongoing investigation that was started months ago...

the last info I can find on it is from beginning of this month.

I'd just put the names of the people mentioned in the articles into your favorite search engine every week or so to see
if any subsequent info shows up. If I see anything further I'll followup with it.

[ymetca]

4. There's a whole "e-commerce" world

Of spamming, click-baiting crappery that has built up over the years. Most of the players are well-bankrolled from the Ye Olde multi-level marketing world of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Shaklee Vitamins, Amway, etc. Then there is the Madison Avenue crowd of product-hawkers. Oh, and let's not forget the entire televangelism scam that has been going on for decades, selling perhaps the most perfect product ever conceived --salvation!

It basically boils down to endless lists of lists of lists, sold and re-sold ... lists that consist of, ultimately, people who are reliable marks to hand over their money for whatever it is you are selling. Even if only one in a thousand bites --ka-ching! Congratulations! You are a rich! That's the pitch, anyway.

Let's also remember that Americans spend $17 billion a year just on fees so "wealth managers" can play with our money.

No one wants to admit the truth that we are, as a nation, rolling in dough. Enough so that every man, woman and child could be millionaires several times over.

But instead, we are going to destroy the planet just so another mountain of disposable products can "grace" our landfills.

E-commerce is just the latest incarnation of P.T. Barnum's dictum that there is one born every minute. Suckers! That's us!

[PoliticAverse]

5. bitly is a url shortening site which has nothing to do with the content at the destination

Anyone can use the link shortener at: https://bitly.com/

[mikelewis]

6. OK... but wouldn't it be great if they were responsible for what they allow through their servers...

If the companies that supplied this level of access were held accountable for their redirects then this shit would end. If they were to allow for the re-transmission of child pornography they would be in jail... this is just as insidious if not as horrible an offense... this company in particular has some very interesting services... data mining, name lists, ... et al...

From their website...

"Free yourself from spreadsheets and silos by building an intuitive dashboard for the links you already use. Bitly OneView tracks your customer's experience on every link and every channel, making it easier than ever to drill down into campaigns or channels from a macro and micro level."

They are a part of the problem... they enable this cyberwar against America... unwittingly complicit? Or just gross negligence? No excuse... they profit from destroying this country, one email at a time.