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Top net villains and heroes named

Neowin · Feb 20, 2004 10:14 EST with 1 comment

Britain's net industry has named internet domain giant Verisign as its villain of the year.

It won the accolade for a system it set up that hijacked mistyped web queries and sent people to a Verisign-run site. Hero of the year was Steve Linford who runs the Spamhaus Project that attempts to thwart peddlers of unwanted mail. The two awards were given out during the annual ceremony in which the UK net industry picks out the best and most innovative in its business.

Verisign beat back competition from the Home Office and the Recording Industry Association of America to win the villain award. Ispa said Verisign deserved the award "for their presumption that they own the internet and the domain name system hijacking scandal".

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