Microsoft this week filed lawsuits against 117 phishers. Using trademark law, Microsoft is claiming trademark infringement by the phishers, based on the phishers creating copycat websites which mimicked Microsoft sites, and which were intended to trick users into believing that they were visiting a true Microsoft site.

The phishers could then lure their phishy victims to the faux Microsoft sites in order to steal their personal information and credit card numbers.

The fake Microsoft websites included knock-offs of MSN and Hotmail sites.

Aaron Kornblum, an Internet safety attorney with Microsoft, and, Aunty must say, a darned nice guy as well as an excellent lawyer, explained that with the lawsuits filed, Microsoft will be able to use subpoenas to…

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