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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft, the FBI,
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Thu Dec 5 23:45:00 2013
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 20:19:17 -0800
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Microsoft, the FBI, Europol and industry partners disrupt the
notorious ZeroAccess botnet
http://j.mp/1ce1l9l (Microsoft)
"The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit today announced it has successfully
disrupted a rampant botnet in collaboration with Europol's European
Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and
leaders in the technology industry, including A10 Networks Inc. The
Sirefef botnet, also known as ZeroAccess, is responsible for infecting
more than 2 million computers, specifically targeting search results
on Google, Bing and Yahoo search engines, and is estimated to cost
online advertisers $2.7 million each month. Today's action is expected
to significantly disrupt the botnet's operation, increasing the cost
and risk for cybercriminals to continue doing business and preventing
victims' computers from committing fraudulent schemes. This is
Microsoft's first botnet action since the Nov. 14 unveiling of its new
Cybercrime Center - a center of excellence for advancing the global
fight against cybercrime - and marks the company's eighth botnet
operation in the past three years."
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