Microsoft accidentally borks legit websites

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Microsoft accidentally borks legit websites

Microsoft admitted Tuesday it made a technical error after it commandeered part of an Internet service’s network in order to shut down a botnet, but the Nevada-based company says its services are still down.

A federal court in Reno granted Microsoft an ex-parte restraining order that allowed it to take control of 22 domains run by No-IP, a DNS (Domain Name Service) provider owned by Vitalwerks, which was served the order on Monday.

Microsoft alleged the domains were being abused by cybercriminals to manage and distribute malware. It was the tenth time Microsoft has turned to the courts to take sweeping action against botnets, or networks of hacked computers.

Although No-IP was not accused of wrongdoing, Microsoft maintained the company had not done enough to stop abuse on its networks. Microsoft’s intention by seizing the domains was to block only the computers using No-IP’s services that were being used as part of a botnet.

But “due to a technical error, however, some customers whose devices were not infected by the malware experienced a temporary loss of service,” according to an email statement from David Finn, executive director and associate general counsel of Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit.

“We regret any inconvenience these customers experienced,” Finn wrote via email on Tuesday.

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The bottom line is...
The WORLD of Internet & Computing will definitely never stop computing even without any of US Tech Goliaths.

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