Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "A U.S. based Web hosting firm that security experts say was responsible for facilitating more than 75 percent of the junk e-mail blasted out each day globally has been knocked offline following reports from Security Fix on evidence gathered about criminal activity emanating from the network." }-Brian Krebs (http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/)

[Longboard]

Link not working ??
Blog link:
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "Link not working ??" }-It worked at the time of the original post. :what: Thanks. :)

[JRViejo]

Well, I woke up this morning to only 23 SPAM messages in my business account and wondered what happened, until I read this article. However brief the respite will be, I'm grateful for a day of only 70 SPAM messages instead of the usual 500. :)

[HURST]

-{ Quote: "The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide plummeted on Tuesday after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity was taken offline.

Experts say the precipitous drop-off in spam comes from Internet providers unplugging McColo Corp., a hosting provider in Northern California that was the home base for machines responsible for coordinating the sending of roughly 75 percent of all spam each day.

" }-

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/spam_volumes_drop_by_23_after.html