FTC - In Unprecedent Move - Shuts Down Massive Spam Hosting Operation

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: June 4, 2009 5:36:00 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: FTC - In Unprecedent Move - Shuts Down Massive Spam Hosting  
Operation


Dave,

Some good news -- for now anyway -- on the spam fighting front.  As  
reported
in the Washington Post, the FTC has sued and shut down Triple Fiber of  
San
Jose, by obtaining a court order cutting off feeds from their service
providers.  This apparently shut down more than 15K associated Web  
sites.

These were apparently pretty nasty characters.

This is the first time that the FTC has sought and obtained such a
shutdown order.

More at: http://bit.ly/PAUtg

This may be little more than a drop in the spam bucket overall, but
at least the bucket isn't still bone dry.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren () vortex com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
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