John Bambenek wrote:
Something to keep in mind. I don't believe it was McColo that was the end provider of "badware" per se (and I could be proven wrong), they simply played the enabling role by hosting it and looked the other way. Now don't get me wrong, they ought to be kicked offline for externalizing their costs on the rest of us, but what criminal charges could be filed here?
Aiding and abetting and conspiracy come to mind at the very least. Knowingly facilitating child porn should have quite a few possiblities too. But they're really hard things to prosecute on the Internet, in the face of the plausible deniability shields they work at so carefully to erect.
That said, of course this information should be turned over to law enforcement. It often is.
Don't assume it hasn't already. Previously. Repeatedly. And I don't think the dust has quite settled yet.