Internet Providers Cut Off major E-mail Spammer

Computer security experts estimate that McColo Co. of San Jose was responsible for 75% of the junk e-mail sent in the U.S. each day

Good news from this morning's Los Angeles Times.

Internet providers cut off host of spam e-mail:

We incorporate the lead paragraphs below:

The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide may have dropped drastically Wednesday after a San Jose Web-hosting firm, identified by many in the computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity, was taken offline.
McColo Co., which computer security experts say serves as a U.S. staging ground for international firms that sell items including counterfeit pharmaceuticals and child pornography, ceased operations after two Internet providers blocked Web access.
SecureWorks, an Atlanta security-services provider, estimates that McColo was responsible for 75% of all spam sent in the U.S. each day.

In a perfect world, these McColo Co. scumbags would wind up in Guantanamo.

Realistically, however, they'll no doubt be back in business with another web host within a matter of hours.

Update 11/14/08 12:18 p.m. MT: Per the LATimes... Spam traffic plunges after report blames server hosting company

So how's your email inbox looking this afternoon, WCF readers?

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