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McColo

McColo was a US-based web hosting service provider that was, for a long time, the source of the majority of spam-sending activities for the entire world. In late 2008, the company was shut down by two upstream providers, Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, because a significant amount of malware and botnets had been trafficking from the McColo servers.

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Founded
2004; 22 years ago (2004) in San Jose, California, United States
Industry
Web hosting service
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Defunct
November 11, 2008 (2008-11-11)
Fate
Shutdown
Founder
Nikolai "Kolya" McColo

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McColo

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples32
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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McColo

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related to Malware traffic · 21
McColo → According, Ars Technica, At, Brian Krebs, FireEye, Fix, Hurricane Electric, ISPs, ISPs Global Crossing, Joe Stewart, Mega-D, November, Pushdo, Rustock, SecureWorks, Spamhaus, Srizbi, The Washington Post’s Security, This, ThreatExpert
related to history · 4
McColo → Kolya McColo, Nikolai, Nikolai's, Russian
Defunct · 1
McColo → November 11, 2008 (2008-11-11)
Fate · 1
McColo → Shutdown
Founded · 1
McColo → 2004; 22 years ago (2004) in San Jose, California, United States
Founder · 1
McColo → Nikolai "Kolya" McColo
Headquarters · 1
McColo → San Jose, California, United States
Industry · 1
McColo → Web hosting service
Website · 1
McColo → mccolo.com

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botnets service spam 2008 upstream malware hosting november shut global servers srizbi rustock traffic web one provider time crossing hurricane

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
McColoDefunctNovember 11, 2008 (2008-11-11)1.00infobox
McColoFateShutdown1.00infobox
McColoFounded2004; 22 years ago (2004) in San Jose, California, United States1.00infobox
McColoFounderNikolai "Kolya" McColo1.00infobox
McColoHeadquartersSan Jose, California, United States1.00infobox
McColoIndustryWeb hosting service1.00infobox
McColoWebsitemccolo.com1.00infobox
McColorelated to historyRussian0.60section
McColorelated to historyNikolai0.60section
McColorelated to historyNikolai's0.60section
McColorelated to historyKolya McColo0.60section
McColorelated to Malware trafficAt0.60section

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