Microsoft Sues 117 Phishers

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week Microsoft filed 117 John Doe cases today to learn the identity of scam artists who have been targeting its Hotmail and MSN customers in phishing scams, according to a Washington Post story. This is the same tactic the music and motion picture industries have used to mixed success against file-swappers, except in this case the ISPs themselves are some of the biggest targets of phishing scams. The story says the tactic has already worked once for Microsoft; in a case last year where ISP subpoenas led to a kid in Iowa who was caught phishing MSN users from his grandpa's dial-up account. The 21-year-old was ordered to pay Microsoft $3 million, but I doubt his job at Blockbuster is going to make a dent in that debt."

I got a better idea.

[Threatis]

lets just instate a cull. give us all "Phishing Hunting" licenses, and let us roam the country side with the weapons of our choice.

People stop posting.

[bird603568]

I think its because of all the "joke" posts. Next year I hope this dosen't get repeated because this is a REAL post.

3million?

[odyrithm]

"but I doubt his job at Blockbuster is going to make a dent in that debt"

I think I ow blockbusters about that with all these late returns.. god damn it.

Re:This isn't an april fools joke guys.

[Professor_UNIX]

NO. Really. It isn't.

Microsoft suing 117 Phish fans is not a joke?

Bang the Bum Slowly

[Stanistani]

It pounds, the drum, the drum, the drum
The tumbril rolls to its slow beat
Condemned and damned besot with rum
the doomed kneels down his doom to meet

His neck will feel the sharpened blade
his sand of life drifts thru the sieve
Fish not in royal ponds or glade
If long you have a wish to live

doom to phishers

Hehe

[kernel_dan]

Microsoft doing something for their customers? That cracks me up every time.

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Re:Ummm, did they or didn't they?

[marcosdumay]

With the massive fraud by the operators of this site today, how do we know one way or the other?

Wait till the dup tomorrow if it is real.

Re: Ummm, did they or didn't they?

[Alwin Henseler]

With the massive fraud by the operators of this site today (..)

What on earth are you talking about, my dear friend?

I mean, I used to think that Slashdot was going down the drain with them countless trolls, duped stories, and crazy moderation.

How wrong I was! (and I hereby sincerely apologize to the editors for not appreciating the true value of their work). Many sites all over the web are posting crazy hoaxes, where you need to Google, or wait a day an re-check, just to find out if it was true or not.

In contrast, Slashdot stayed close to its roots, and posted a row of quality stories about 'Stuff that matters'. And for a change, moderators outdid themselves to separate good from bad comments, prime example being this story [slashdot.org].

Really, the last few hours have returned my faith in Slashdot as one of THE best tech-related news sites. Thumbs up, and keep 'm coming, Taco!

Re:I got a better idea.

[EvanED]

There's no such thing! That's a dog licence with the word "dog" crossed out and "phisher" written in in crayon!

phishing

[Daltorak]

I have fifteen Phish concerts shared out over Bittorrent, you insensitive clod!

Re:This isn't an april fools joke guys.

[NanoGator]

"Microsoft suing 117 Phish fans is not a joke?"

Nope, dumb phuck.

So they're suing the guy for 3 million?

[AndyChrist]

Well, he'd better get phishing if he wants to pay that bill.