ManOfSnow
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updated 12:12 a.m. ET Nov. 13, 2008
The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedy engaged in spam activity was taken offline, according to security firms that monitor spam distribution online.
While its gleaming, state-of-the-art, 30-story office tower in downtown San Jose, Calif., hardly looks like the staging ground for what could be called a full-scale cyber crime offensive, security experts have found that a relatively small firm at that location is home to servers that serve as a gateway for a significant portion of the world's junk e-mail.
The servers are operated by McColo Corp., which these experts say has emerged as a major U.S. hosting service for international firms and syndicates that are involved in everything from the remote management of millions of compromised computers to the sale of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and designer goods, fake security products and child pornography via email.
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JohnInSJ
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join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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I saw it on my home email server!
The orange line is rejected spam mail. Boom, it dropped yesterday. Now, how many days before it pops back up?
Still, nice to see the occasional actual action in this "war on teh intertubes"
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PrntRhd
join:2004-11-03
Fairfield, CA
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| said by JohnInSJ  :I saw it on my home email server! The orange line is rejected spam mail. Boom, it dropped yesterday. Now, how many days before it pops back up? Still, nice to see the occasional actual action in this "war on teh intertubes" »As Expected, Huge Spam Reduction To Be Short Lived |
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