http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9120538 By Jeremy Kirk November 17, 2008 IDG News Service An ISP associated with online crime and child pornography briefly came back online over the weekend before being cut off again, according to security vendors. McColo, whose servers are in San Jose, was cut off from the Internet last week by its upstream providers after an investigation by computer security analysts and The Washington Post. But McColo came back online on Saturday, after connecting with Swedish ISP TeliaSonera, which has a router in San Jose, according to Ross Thomas, writing on the blog for security vendor Sophos. After complaints, TeliaSonera quickly moved to cut off McColo again, Thomas wrote. But the brief renewal in connectivity did allow cybercriminals running botnets out of McColo's networks to take steps to preserve their operations. [...] ______________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Mon Nov 17 2008 - 23:08:54 PST
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