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Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd)
From: "Chris Lewis" <clewis () nortel com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:39:33 -0500
John Bambenek wrote:
Something to keep in mind. I don't believe it was McColo that was the end provider of "badware" per se (and I could be proven wrong), they simply played the enabling role by hosting it and looked the other way. Now don't get me wrong, they ought to be kicked offline for externalizing their costs on the rest of us, but what criminal charges could be filed here?
Aiding and abetting and conspiracy come to mind at the very least. Knowingly facilitating child porn should have quite a few possiblities too. But they're really hard things to prosecute on the Internet, in the face of the plausible deniability shields they work at so carefully to erect.
That said, of course this information should be turned over to law enforcement. It often is.
Don't assume it hasn't already. Previously. Repeatedly. And I don't think the dust has quite settled yet.
Current thread:
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd), (continued)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd) Brian Keefer (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd) Kee Hinckley (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd) Paul Ferguson (Nov 12)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Nick Newman (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Jason Ross (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Jeff Shultz (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Steven Fischer (Nov 12)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Nick Newman (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Charles Wyble (Nov 12)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) John Bambenek (Nov 13)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Chris Lewis (Nov 13)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Matthew Black (Nov 14)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd) Dave Larter (Nov 14)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd) Gadi Evron (Nov 14)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpamsKnockedOffline (fwd) Dave Larter (Nov 14)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline (fwd) Paul Ferguson (Nov 12)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of OnlineScams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Nick Newman (Nov 13)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams andSpams KnockedOffline (fwd) Simon Waters (Nov 13)
- Re: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Jay Hennigan (Nov 12)
- RE: [funsec] McColo: Major Source of Online Scams and Spams KnockedOffline (fwd) Frank Bulk (Nov 14)