Microsoft sues AT&T customer for activating pirated copies of Windows 7 & Office 2010

Microsoft filed a complaint (pdf) in a U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington, gives us some insight into how the companys cyberforensic team identifies suspicious activation patterns. Microsoft settled 3,265 software piracy cases in 2013. Microsoft Germany cracked down on deceptive sales of products keys for Windows and Office by blocking 50,000 license keys. Microsoft claims not to know the true identities of the defendants pirating its software, it knows the IP address, 76.245.7.147, and the alleged pirates are using AT&T as an ISP.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2856190/microsoft-sues-atandt-customer-for-activating-pirated-copies-of-windows-7-and-office-2010.html