Cali Spammers McColo Shut Down, Spam Drops Precipitously (Don't Worry, It'll Be Back)
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John Biggs
TechCrunch.com
Thursday, November 13, 2008; 12:23 AM
A group of Internet providers have essentially shut down California hosting service, McColo, yesterday and total spam production dropped considerably. The provider, notorious for their low-down ways, was producing 2/3 of the spam in the U.S. Other providers saw a drop from about 40 spam messages per second to 10 per second - a major victory for those whose m3mb3rz are already rock solid.
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