FTC Kills Porn/Spam ISP

Today, the Federal Trade Commission permanently shut down 3FN, a Belize-based Internet service provider (ISP) notorious for hosting botnets, child pornography, phishing attacks and various other scams and malware. The ISP has been ordered to pay back $1.08 million which it earned by cooperating and conspiring with criminals. It took almost a full year in court for the FTC to win this battle against 3FN. When this ISP was put under a preliminary injunction last year, spam volume dropped by 15%. 3FN had been actively recruiting spammers and others and whose senior staff had coached clients on building botnets.

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FTC Kills Porn/Spam ISP