I might be wrong, may be this SF Post article is inadequately describing what actually happened — “The men created computer programs that bombarded online ticket vendors including Ticketmaster.com and purchased tickets automatically by impersonating individual visitors, investigators said.”

The result? “Stevenson, along with Kenneth Lowson, 40, Kristofer Kirsch, 37, and Faisal Nahdi, 36, all of Los Angeles, were charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unauthorized computer access.”

Problems with your forum, blog, or e-commerce website being spammed by impersonated users for commercial means? The FBI is on your side.