Top Tech News : Microsoft Gets Legal Might To Take Down Spam Botnets

"Microsoft is taking aim at botnets. A legal ruling has given Microsoft permanent ownership of 276 web domains once used by the Waledac cybergang to send instructions to hundreds of thousands of spam-spreading PCs. Microsoft now has a proven legal means to take aim at U.S.-registered domains shown to be conducting criminal activity." ~ Byron Acohido

http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=021000Q2NIAX

Well it was bound to happen. Microsoft actually doing something other than patching holes. I am a person who thinks you should go after your attackers, at least to stop them from happening. I know that this is a very sticky situation though. You have to first create the line at which you will not cross. Then you must know where the law stops helping you and actually goes after you. The shades of gray are many at this point. And unless you are a careful and mindful company you might fall to the other side of the law.