CRTC serves first-ever anti-spam warrant in botnet takedown

OTTAWA–GATINEAU – The CRTC has used its new anti-spam powers to pull the plug on a Toronto-based server distributing malware on the Internet.The Commission said late Thursday that it served it’s first-ever warrant under Canada's anti-spam law (CASL) to take down a command-and-control server in Toronto as part of a coordinated international effort. The warrant was granted by a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was carried out with the assistance from the RCMP. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Europol, Interpol, Microsoft Inc., Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre were also involved in the...