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FTC Takes Out Porn- and Botnet-Spewing ISP

Posted by timothy on from the ayn-rand-would-approve dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission today got a judge to effectively kill off the Internet service provider 3FN, which the agency said specialized in spam, porn, botnets, phishing, and all manner of malicious web content. The ISP's computer servers and other assets have been seized and will be sold by a court and the operation has been ordered give back $1.08 million to the FTC."

6 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Break out the champagne! by peterb · · Score: 5, Funny

    My heart overflows for this poor oppressed Botnet operator.

    1. Re:Break out the champagne! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You should apply bound checking, otherwise someone could exploit it.

  2. Porn? by jspenguin1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "FTC Takes Out Porn, Internet traffic slows to a trickle."

  3. Re:How is the porn part relevant? by The+Wild+Norseman · · Score: 5, Funny

    No more sex in marriage either.

    Way ahead of ya, pal.

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    "A government is a body of people usually -- notably -- ungoverned." -Shepherd Book
  4. Re:How is the porn part relevant? by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    This was one of those comments that made me laugh, then immediately made me cry.

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    If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
  5. Re:How is the porn part relevant? by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    RTFA--they were hosting child pornography sites. That's a whole different animal from the usual porn.

    Which animal is in your usual porn?