] The worm was first intercepted by MessageLabs on the 26th
] January, 2004 at 8:03 a.m. ET and as of 7:00 p.m. ET,
] MessageLabs has stopped over 170,000 copies of the virus,
] while providing complete protection for MessageLabs'
] 8,000 business customers worldwide. The email containing
] the first copy was sent from Russia.

More bad stuff coming out of Eastern Europe / Russia, where laws are lax about stuff like this, and credit card fraud is ubiquitous and blatant. Can anything be done about the blackhats in that area of the world?

MessageLabs: 'Mydoom' worm originated from Russia