calius 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ Million Dollar website has made 1 million since august. The thing that made me laugh is that guy who did this site is my mate's (who went to australia about 1 year ago) younger brother - Alex Tew. I never even knew untill I saw him on the BBC having an interview. I kept in touch with him via MSN as he was very much into beat boxing and hiphop. Since he did all this, no wonder I havent heard from him, busy chap! Fair play to the man, hes certainly set himself up well! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4585026.stm Although not without hassles : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4621158.stm Check the blog out on the main website for more info on what happened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the.ronin 5 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I hate that guy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calius 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Author Share Posted January 20, 2006 LOL .... dont you mean "envy"? Hes actualy a realy nice bloke, the an-asuming type thats down to earth. Imagine the tax bill .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
element11 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Yeah, i remember a post here back when this first started, there was only like 1000 pixels sold. I cant believe he actually came through and sold them all. Gotta give that person credit, what a great idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 0 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 He ran into some trouble: The Million Dollar homepage gained lots of publicity during new year for making Alex Tew, the 21-year old student behind it a millionaire - by selling pixels! Unfortunately it also gained the attention of a botnet gang, who have launched several attacks against the site. According to The Times, the attackers (calling themselves the "The Dark Group") sent an extortion e-mail to Mr. Tew on January 7th, demanding $5000. When the ransom was not paid, the site was attacked, as documented on Netcraft. A week later, Tew received another mail from the attackers, asking for $50000. And this morning, after the ransom was not paid, the whole site was apparently defaced with a note saying "don't come back you sly dog!". This is an interesting case, as the target is quite unusual. Instead of the usual targets (online shops, credit card merchants, gambling sites), this time the attackers are targeting a private person because they know he has the money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruin 17 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'm jealous. Except for the whole, attacker thing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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