A rogue Internet Service Provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content has been shut down by a district court judge at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The ISP s upstream providers and data centers have disconnected its servers from the Internet. Hundreds of U.S. organizations on Thursday received emails purporting to come from the Democratic National Committee, in a new politically charged Emotet spear-phishing attack.
Source: https://threatpost.com/ftc-pulls-plug-spam-child-porn-isp-060509/72729/