Spam has shifted from basement amateurs to hard core criminal enterprises. True criminals have started getting into the spam game.

Some feel the perception of spam as an annoyance has decreased because of filters and because people are getting used to it. But the bad news is that spam is changing from an annoyance into something actually very dangerous.

When we started this, we were true amateurs.

Threats to Internet security diminish trust and slow economic development. We view this as a real risk to confidence in the Internet and something we need to urgently combat.

Criminals can be as ingenious as the rest of us. More, sometimes.

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.