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Leigh Benson
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Leigh Michael Benson (January 1, 1967 - August 19, 2008) was an American computer consultant. Leigh Benson was a self trained computer consultant who was hired by the law firm Canter & Siegel to write a program that would post the same message to multiple Usenet groups - the first commercial spamming incident, known as the "Green Card spam". As a consultant, Benson was terminated by the firm in April 1994 after it became apparent that creating the software was not within his skill set. Benson was the first known individual to be fired by a spammer. The firm later used software written by a programmer known only as "Jason" to post their spam. |
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