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Dutch police disable Grum botnet to slow spam spread

By Fahmida Y. Rashid July 18, 2012

While Dutch law enforcement managed to shut down two C&C servers, the Grum botnet is still active. And if its controllers are so inclined, they can continue to deliver spam.

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