Microsoft, continues its war against scammers. The technology giant, which is in an intense struggle like almost every technology company, can also inflict great losses when appropriate. Finally, the company, which carried out a large-scale operation, became the winner of this leg of the war.
in total 29 countries together with the operation Microsofthas taken over large-scale hacker sites. It has been announced that the initiative, which is stated to be made on purely legal grounds, will continue.
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Microsoft conducted an operation with a court order
The event, which was announced with a statement made in the past days, was approved by Microsoft. The company took extensive measures in 19 countries, including the USA, due to a decision from a federal court. In the decision taken by the company from the judiciary, it was stated that it had the authority to seize the websites used by pirates. The firm accuses hackers of using attacks to gather intelligence from government agencies, think tanks and human rights organizations.
Behind the sites that were neutralized by a large-scale operation, Nickel There is a group called Chinese The hacker community has been on the company’s radar for a while.. Microsoft About the subject blog In his article he mentioned:
Gaining control of malicious websites and traffic from those sites Microsoftredirecting to secure servers of NickelIt will help us protect current and future victims as we learn more about . Removed a key piece of infrastructure the group relied on for this latest wave of attacks.
Following since 2016 Nickel As the method of the group, ‘add hard-to-detect malware that facilitates intrusion, surveillance and data theft’ it has been reported. also Microsoft He did not hesitate to give the exact figure as a result of the attack. company full 42 malicious websites announced that it was captured and neutralized. The gradual cessation of these activities, which put the user experience into difficulties, was recorded as important news. Let’s see Microsoft We will have to wait and see if it will be able to continue this activity in the future.
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