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When the Plumbing Fights Back: A Spam Bot Tragedy in Three Acts

3 zakelfassi 1 8/18/2025, 5:24:30 AM zakelfassi.com ↗

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robocat · 4h ago
Unfortunately they don't answer why a threat actor (TA) would want to sign up other people's email to their newsletter.

Tht only guess I could hazard is that the TA is sending an scam email to the recipient and that sending spam chaff (the newsletter) somehow helps the TA?