Microsoft announced the execution of a carefully planned takedown of dozens of botnets powered by ZeuS and SpyEye. The company received court approval to seize several servers in Scranton, Penn. and Lombard, Ill. used to control dozens of Zeu.S botnets. Microsoft also was granted permission to take control of 800 domains that were used by the crime machines. This is the latest in a string of botnet takedowns executed by Microsofts legal team, but it appears to be the first one in which the company invoked the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/microsoft-takes-down-dozens-of-zeus-spyeye-botnets/