Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages

First reported 14 Oct, 20:03 UTCSource: The VergeLast editorial activity 14 Oct, 20:03 UTC

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What happened

Microsoft says it helped dismantle a marketplace for scammers sending phishing (messages that impersonate someone to obtain passwords or money) messages like those around the world. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, founded in 1975.

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Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages ↗
https://www.theverge.com/tech/1011487/microsoft-scam-messages-marketplace-takedown

What happened

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