"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.