Comment (libel) spam

Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) getting back at Pinkerton?

Someone using the handle �strelaoz,� (do a web search for it) claiming to be an ex-lover, has been leaving comment spam on hundreds of web sites �exposing� details of a romantic relationship and jilting by an exec at Symantec. The comments usually accompany news pieces about the company.

While comment spam is usually a nuisance, this defamation campaign takes the art form to a higher level than one usually sees. It is possible that the details are fiction and the campaign is simply an attempt to damage Freer and/or Symantec. It represents an Internet threat that could be very difficult to defend against.

In one post, there seems to be an oriental connection too � Chinese characters in the text:

If one reads the details, the back story appears to be vaguely similar to the plot of the Puccini opera �Madam Butterfly� (well, ok, it isn�t Japan and there�s no baby.)

Update: July 20:

Whoever is behind this appears to be using a Yahoo account under the name of Jennifer Yin:

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_J4EQHO7G3XRGON4P3Q33FVCJ2Q

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Nice work Mike.

Tom Kelchner