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Botnet, spam provider unplugged at FTC's request

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Internet service provider with links to Eastern Europe has been unplugged after it was suspected of being behind computer intrusions at NASA and sending massive amounts of malicious spam, the Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=PdG2KGjl5DY:qR_-gC4Bmd0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=PdG2KGjl5DY:qR_-gC4Bmd0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=PdG2KGjl5DY:qR_-gC4Bmd0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?a=PdG2KGjl5DY:qR_-gC4Bmd0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/InternetNews?i=PdG2KGjl5DY:qR_-gC4Bmd0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/InternetNews/~4/PdG2KGjl5DY" height="1" width="1"/>