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Gen. Harry Raduege on Legal Hurdles in Cyberspace
Published on 30 Mar, 2010 at 10:36 in GovCon Industry, Interviews | Viewed 1,043 times | No Comments
In the fight against cyber crime, while exciting technological advances and major data heists often steal the spotlight, most of the effective actions taken against cyber criminals have taken place in court.
Writing about the Waledac botnet take-down on Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center blog, program manager Jeff Williams opined, “we’ve also learned from this experience that our legal action has been successful in helping to sever…
Microsoft’s Waledac Take-Down Could Provide Model for Future
Published on 17 Mar, 2010 at 10:00 in Cyber | Viewed 377 times | No Comments
Earlier this year, The New New Internet reported that Microsoft used a combination of court actions and technical prowess to disrupt the Waledac botnet. According to program manager Jeff Williams, the take-down “effectively decimated” the botnet, severing communications between around 90,000 infected computers and the control servers.
“While it is still too early to know the entire…
