Private Investigators Against Global Digital Crimes

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Just (12/7/2013) read the Walls Street Journal article “Inside the Effort to Kill a Web Fraud 'Botnet'”, which details Microsoft’s extensive efforts to investigate this predominantly, large scale click fraud crime.

Lessons From The ZeroAccess Botnet

It takes private investigators to advance the investigations into the ongoing crime and then to turn it over to public law enforcement.

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit recently moved into an 17,000 square foot headquarters, it employs more than a 100 detectives and attorneys.

“The growing automation of stock-market like advertising exchanges where fast pacing trading in ad space between multiple parties” appears to be an inviting target for criminals.

Earlier this Summer, Symantec Corp. tried to disrupt ZeroAccess, but it survived.