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Known Spammers McColo Corp Shutdown
Friday, November 14, 2008
McColo Corp a Californian ISP has been shut down after it was identified computer security community as a major host of organizations engaged in spam activity.
Reports this far have shown a 75% drop in the amount of spam since the ISP has had its services disconnected.

We are warning all smaller isps to be on the look out for an increase in sales pertaining to cheap email hosting solutions and dedicated servers.
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Source : http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/spam_volumes_drop_by_23_after.html
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