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Microsoft, financial services and others join forces to combat massive cybercrime ring

Microsoft, June 5, 2013. Microsoft's technical-partner role in the June 2013 Citadel botnet disruption and the legal mechanism: a civil action authorised by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina under which Microsoft, escorted by the U.S. Marshals Service, seized data and servers from hosting facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on 5 June 2013, severing 1,462 Citadel botnets; the FBI separately obtained and served domestic search warrants and shared information with foreign counterparts..

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Other
Published
June 5, 2013
Research grade
T1
Used in entries
2

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Publisher
Microsoft
Published
June 5, 2013
Source type
Other
Research grade
Source grade T1
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://news.microsoft.com/source/2013/06/05/microsoft-financial-services-and-others-join-forces-to-combat-massive-cybercrime-ring/
What it supports
Microsoft's technical-partner role in the June 2013 Citadel botnet disruption and the legal mechanism: a civil action authorised by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina under which Microsoft, escorted by the U.S. Marshals Service, seized data and servers from hosting facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on 5 June 2013, severing 1,462 Citadel botnets; the FBI separately obtained and served domestic search warrants and shared information with foreign counterparts.
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src_microsoft_citadel_2013

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  • Microsoft's own announcement of an operation it ran, so official but not independent.

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