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Google shows map of spamming IPs on LI, world

Google’s Postini Threat Identification Network

Photo credit: Screenshot Google’s Postini Threat Identification Network

It may just turn out that the so-called Nigerian prince is your neighbor.

Google released the Postini Threat Identification Network, an interactive map that identifies "malicious IPs" in real-time and then tries to blocks them before they reach your network. Users can zoom in to the exact location of the offending IP, just as they do searching any other Google map.

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