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Russia fines text hack spammerU iz nikdskiPublished Friday 25th June 2004 16:07 GMT In brief A Russian teenager has been fined 3,000 roubles ($103) after being convicted of spamming 15,000 mobile phones. The university student hacked into a mobile phone network before sending a text message, according to an Interfax news agency report by way of Reuters. As well as being fined, the unnamed student, was also slapped with a one-year suspended sentence. Russian officials said this was the first time a spammer had been prosecuted successfully. ® Related storiesItalian gov text spams entire country
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