Ryan Pitylak, the 24-year-old ex-spammer who admitted to sending 25 million unsolicited messages a day at his “peak” in 2004, has settled lawsuits with the state of Texas and Microsoft that wound up costing him more than $1 million and most of his personal assets, the Associated Press reports via MSN Money.Under the settlement with Microsoft, Pitylak, who graduated from the University of Texas in May, pledged never to send another false, misleading or unsolicited electronic message, according to the AP. Pitylak plans to offer his services to Web firms looking to combat spam, and he said he’d have to sell off his $430,000 residence and 2005 BMW to pay the related legal fees, the AP reports.The Spamhaus Project, a U.K.-based organization that keeps tabs on high-profile spammers and works with law enforcement officials to crack down on them, once ranked Pitylak as the fourth-worst spammer in the world, the AP reports.Civil settlements were reached with both Microsoft and Texas in federal court last month, according to the AP. Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Key IT initiatives reshape the CIO agenda While cloud, cybersecurity, and analytics remain top of mind for IT leaders, a shift toward delivering business value is altering how CIOs approach key priorities, pushing transformative projects to the next phase. By Mary Pratt May 30, 2023 10 mins IT Strategy IT Leadership opinion Managing IT right starts with rightsizing IT for value While there are few universals when it comes to saying unambiguously what ‘managing IT right’ looks like, knowing how to navigate the limitless possibilities of IT is surely one. By Thornton May May 30, 2023 6 mins Digital Transformation IT Strategy IT Leadership brandpost Designing the campus of the future starts with high-quality 10Gbps connectivity By Huawei May 30, 2023 4 mins Network Architect Networking Devices Networking feature Red Hat embraces hybrid cloud for internal IT The maker of OpenShift has leveraged its own open container offering to migrate business-critical apps to AWS as part of a strategy to move beyond facilitating hybrid cloud for others and capitalize on the model for itself. By Paula Rooney May 29, 2023 5 mins CIO 100 Technology Industry Hybrid Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe