Since 2008, the Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has been dedicated to protecting Microsoft customers against cybercrime. Through civil legal actions, technical countermeasures, criminal referrals, and public-private partnerships, the global team works to dismantle the infrastructure used by cybercriminals and nation-state threat actors and safeguard the digital ecosystem.
The work has led to criminal referrals, recovery help for victims, continued monitoring and more legal action. Already, threat actors are adapting, moving away from the U.S., where third parties are quick to respond to copyright infringement notices, and relocating servers in China and Russia.
Learn about the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative. We're partnering to help create more equitable outcomes in the U.S. justice system.
Microsoft’s investigation into RedVDS services and infrastructure uncovered a global network of disparate cybercriminals purchasing and using to target multiple sectors. In collaboration with law enforcement agencies worldwide, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) recently facilitated a disruption of RedVDS infrastructure and related operations.
Manage Criminal Justice Information in Azure Commercial On , the FBI released CJIS Security Policy Version 5.9.1, and among its updates, the FBI enables criminal justice agencies to meet the requirements of the policy through technical controls alone, rather than through technical controls and screened personnel.
Learn how Microsoft and our partners can help manage the exponentially growing amounts of data police now collect as evidence.
When a young street hustler, a retired bank robber and a terrifying psychopath find themselves entangled with some of the most frightening and deranged elements of the criminal underworld, the U.S. government and the entertainment industry, they must pull off a series of dangerous heists to survive in a ruthless city in which they can trust nobody, least of all each other. Grand Theft Auto V ...