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title: Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Crack Down on Storm-1152’s Cybercrime Network
description: Microsoft took legal action to seize the infrastructure set up by a group involved in peddling 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts and tools through bogus websites and social media pages, generating millions of dollars in illicit revenue.
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# Microsoft Takes Legal Action to Crack Down on Storm-1152’s Cybercrime Network

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 Nathan Zych

December 29, 2023

Microsoft recently obtained a court order to seize the infrastructure set up by Storm-1152, a group involved in peddling roughly 750 million fraudulent Microsoft accounts and tools through bogus websites and social media pages. This cybercrime network has generated millions of dollars in illicit revenue.

Read more [here](https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/microsoft-takes-legal-action-to-crack.html).

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