Leigh Benson

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Leigh Benson is a computer programmer 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.

Benson and the firm parted ways in April 1994 after a disagreement over payment, but Benson left his program behind. Laurence Canter later ran the program and generated a hailstorm of controversy over the use of Usenet as an advertising medium.

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