Two jailed over e-mail scam which threatened internet providers

Two men in Los Angeles have been jailed for two years after they sent 50 million e-mails as part of a scam which almost brought the largest internet providers to a standstill.

Steve Shklovskiy and Yan Shtok, both 23, have also been ordered to pay £69,000 compensation for their role in the September 1999 scheme.