Leigh Benson

Leigh Benson

Leigh Benson is 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 is 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.

External links

* [http://www.antipope.org/charlie/journo/spam.html Spam Warz]


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