Court orders seizure of 'Trickbot' ransomware botnet controls

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Court orders seizure of 'Trickbot' ransomware botnet controls

Takedown achieved using copyright law.

Microsoft has used a court order to take control of computers that were installing ransomware and other malicious software on local government networks and threatening to disrupt the November US election. The maker of the Windows operating system said it seized a series of internet protocol ...

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