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Major spam network silenced mid-campaign

The sudden drop in activity of a major spam producer looks to be the result of the largest co-ordinated attack on spammers.

At 15:30 GMT on 16 March, a network of spam-producing computers, known as Rustock, suddenly stopped.

It also appears that the infrastructure needed to control the spam network has been disrupted.

Security researchers said that would make it the largest ever take down of a cyber crime network.

»www.bbc.co.uk/news/techn ··· 12772319

DataDoc
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So who did it?

Couldn't be Anonymous, they're too busy with their fantasy world.

CajunTek
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Hmm, it appears it was a mystery stopper

Not much info here either on the who of it...

»krebsonsecurity.com/2011 ··· ore-8670

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»Taking Down Botnets: Microsoft and the Rustock Botnet

biff420
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That didn't last long.
Got slammed today with viagra, Rolex replicas, and F**kbook.
Not sure about the F'book spam, but the viagra, and Rolex died Wednesday and came roaring back this afternoon.

beck
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This morning I had NO spam in my main account. Wow. Maybe if they are back in bussines, they lost my email address.
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That could explain why I haven't seen any spam on the message board I help run. I'm sure it won't last.

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I still get a lot of spams on my web sites and e-mails.