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Mutton said the number of computers spewing out spam had jumped from 400 to 2,000 machines on Wednesday - relatively small numbers, he said, but still apparently enough to overwhelm MasterCard and Visa. "I've been surprised at how effective its been," he said. "You don't need huge numbers of people to carry out an attack like that."

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