Microsoft and Japan took down a cybercrime network behind over a billion scam messages
Summary
Microsoft collaborated with the National Police Agency of Japan to dismantle an international cybercrime network known as the YAM Store. This illicit marketplace facilitated the distribution of more than one billion deceptive phishing messages globally. The joint operation successfully tracked down the illegal activity behind these fraudulent texts.
We've all gotten a scam text about a nonexistent parking ticket or a fake package delivery, but hopefully you'll start seeing fewer of them. Microsoft says it helped dismantle a marketplace for scammers sending phishing messages like those around the world. Through an investigation with Japan's National Police Agency, it tracked scam activity back to a marketplace called YAM Store…
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