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

Feb. 22, 2013
Microsoft shares initial results following Bamital botnet takedown and thanks CERT-In for their cooperation.
Highlights
Microsoft and Symantec Take Down Bamital Botnet
Feb. 6
Microsoft and Symantec successfully took down the dangerous Bamital botnet which hijacked people’s search results and took them to potentially dangerous websites
Microsoft Reaches Settlement with Second Kelihos Defendant
Oct. 19
Microsoft reached an agreement with the second defendant in the Kelihos case and has subsequently closed the case.
Microsoft Reaches Settlement in Nitol Botnet Case
Oct. 2
Microsoft resolves the issues in the Nitol botnet case and has dismissed the lawsuit pursuant to the agreement.
Microsoft Disrupts the Emerging Nitol Botnet
Sept. 13
Microsoft disrupts over 500 strains of malware with the potential for targeting millions of innocent people.
Shedding Light on the Role of Technology in Child Sex Trafficking
July 18
Microsoft funds six research teams to study how technology facilitates the trafficking of minors in US$32 billion per year industry.
Microsoft Names Defendants in Zeus Botnets Case
July 2
Microsoft identifies two defendants as members behind the Zeus botnet family and will refer the case to the FBI for criminal review.

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