New York State court issued an order this week giving Microsoft control of the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the notorious Necurs. Details of the coordinated effort were unveiled by Microsoft in a blog post published Tuesday. The move came after Microsoft and partners across 35 countries cracked Necur s most prolific and globally dispersed spam and. government-sponsored tax-freezing-a-privilege. The tech giant will take control of. the. U.N. court issued the order. Microsoft and its partners managed to significantly disrupt the..
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