Abbreviation DCU Region served Worldwide | Location Redmond, WA, USA | |
Purpose An international legal and technical team of attorneys, investigators, and forensic analysts, with expertise across the areas of malware, botnets, IP crimes, and technology-facilitated child exploitation Headquarters Microsoft Redmond Campus | ||
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) is a Microsoft sponsored team of international legal and internet security experts employing the latest tools and technologies to stop or interfere with cyber crime and cyber threats.
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Areas of emphasis
There are three areas on which the DCU concentrates:
Actions against the ZeroAccess botnet
On December 5, 2013, the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, the FBI, Europol, and other industry partners attempted to disrupt the ZeroAccess botnet. Although the efforts took down 18 hosts that were part of the ZeroAccess command and control network, because of the peer-to-peer nature of the botnet, ZeroAccess remains active.
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Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA