The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit is a worldwide team of lawyers, investigators, technical analysts and other specialists whose mission is to make the Internet safer and more secure through strong enforcement, global partnerships, policy and technology solutions that help:

     • Promote a secure Internet

     • Defend against fraud and other threats to online safety

     • Protect children from technology-facilitated crimes

     • Champion a healthy Internet marketplace for advertisers and businesses

Highlights
Microsoft PhotoDNA Technology to Help Law Enforcement Fight Child Pornography
March 19
Microsoft and NetClean make PhotoDNA technology available to law enforcement at no cost to help them fight child pornography.
Microsoft Provides Update on Kelihos Botnet and New Related Malware
Feb. 3
Microsoft responds to reports that the Kelihos botnet is alive and spamming again.
Wanted: Technology Breakthroughs to Fight Child Sex Trafficking
Dec. 7
The DCU and Microsoft Research teams are collaborating on a project intended to better understand the role technology plays in the child sex trafficking with the ultimate goal of using technology to combat the problem.
Microsoft Reaches Settlement with Piatti, dotFREE Group in Kelihos Case
Oct. 26
Microsoft settles with defendants, Dominique Alexander Piatti and dotFree Group SRO, in the Kelihos case and makes an agreement with Piatti to have all of the subdomains used to operate the botnet or other illegitimate activity deleted or transferred to Microsoft’s control.
Digital Crimes Consortium 2011: Turning the Tables against Cybercrime
Oct. 14
Microsoft hosts its third annual Digital Crimes Consortium to share ideas and strategize on ways to fight cybercrime and make the online world safer for everyone.

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