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Microsoft has obtained a court order to seize 41 domains used by what the Windows giant said was an Iranian cybercrime group that ran a spear-phishing operation targeting organizations in the US, Middle East, and India.  The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit said the gang, dubbed Bohrium, took a particular interest in those …

  1. David 132 Silver badge
    Happy

    "Stealing information"

    FTFA: Additionally, Bohrium corrupted "Microsoft's applications on victims' computers and Microsoft's servers, thereby using them to monitor the activities of users and steal information from them," according to the court filing.

    There's a cheap jibe to be made right there, along the lines of "That's what really sunk the crime gang. They were copying Microsoft's idea and activities..."

    But I'm better than that. I won't stoop to that level.

  2. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    "Bohrium actors create fake social media profiles, often posing as recruiters,"

    If these were on Twitter Musk will be even more upset.

  3. Kev99 Silver badge

    Never underestimate the stupidity of the human animal.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Microsoft seems to spend a lot of resources on these things. Yet they fail to police their own infrastructure. Azure, Office365, etc. are all used for illegal purposes. Microsoft is very slow to react to reports and they don't even proactively police it.

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