Microsoft sues site operators

[IGBT]

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Microsoft, stepping up its war against online fraud, filed 117 lawsuits Thursday against operators of ``phishing'' sites that try to trick unsuspecting Internet users into handing over personal financial information.



The perpetrators cost Americans millions of dollars a year, experts say, by posing as their banks or other companies that ask them for passwords, credit card and Social Security numbers or other information.

 

[OulOat]

Uhoh, moral dilemma forthcoming from the Linux wing

 

[Miramonti]

I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: jjsole
I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

Copyright Violations. They have copyrighted Evil .


<---not really an MS hater....

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: jjsole
I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

Copyright Violations. They have copyrighted Evil .


<---not really an MS hater....

 

[jfall]

nice to see someone stepping up to the plate

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: jfall
nice to see someone stepping up to the plate

:thumbsup:

 

[RbSX]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: jfall
nice to see someone stepping up to the plate

:thumbsup:

I agree, although I'm interested in their legal argument for being the plantiff in this situation too.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: jfall
nice to see someone stepping up to the plate

:thumbsup:

I agree, although I'm interested in their legal argument for being the plantiff in this situation too.

Maybe they sacraficed one of the company accounts for the greater good?

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: jjsole
I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

Copyright Violations. They have copyrighted Evil .


<---not really an MS hater....

 

[Schrodinger]

Microsoft can go for it. How? They could nail them using the DMCA since many of the phishing exploits take advantage undocumented "features" (buffer overflows) of IExplorer and Windows.

Oh noes... not the DMCA! Quick, someone counter with a Slashdot-esque kneejerk reaction against the DMCA before I think it is worthwhile.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: jjsole
I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

That's what I was thinking. Unless they are "phishing" in MS's name (such as a Hotmail/MSN spoof), then I don't see where they have any sort of legal standing in such a matter. It's a matter for LEO, not MS. Then again, MS uses and abuses the US legal system to do as they please, and sometimes use lawsuits as weapons of harassment, so that's par for the course for them, I guess.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Schrodinger
Microsoft can go for it. How? They could nail using the DMCA since many of the phishing exploits take advantage undocumented "features" IExplorer and Windows.

Wouldn't that make them an accessory to the defendant, instead?

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: jjsole
I think its good but I don't think I understand what the actual specific legal complaint is by microsoft that allows themselves to be a plaintiff in such cases persue these scams in court.

That's what I was thinking. Unless they are "phishing" in MS's name (such as a Hotmail/MSN spoof), then I don't see where they have any sort of legal standing in such a matter. It's a matter for LEO, not MS. Then again, MS uses and abuses the US legal system to do as they please, and sometimes use lawsuits as weapons of harassment, so that's par for the course for them, I guess.

Who is Microsoft harassing in this case? Sometimes, friend, you need to chill the fuck out with your conspiracy theory crap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
Who is Microsoft harassing in this case?

And you need to stop posting using "censored words", because when I reply to those posts, the board's software eats my reply, which is rather frustrating. Oh well, I'm not going to reply any further, in protest of this buggy software. (Yes, I did have a real reply prepared, but it was eaten.)