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Microsoft has created a system of alerts to publish a blacklist credentials theft or phishing (e-deceptive to obtain personal data). When it detects an item of mail fraud or theft of personal data are published and communicated to the concerned entity (shop online, bank, ..) so you can respond quickly and enhance the security of the internet system. According to Microsoft, in 2009, the Anti-Phishing Working Group received over 410 000 warnings.

“Through the centralized system of alerts technology supported Microsoft’s Internet Fraud Alert promptly inform the companies whose credentials are compromised, allowing them to take appropriate action to protect their customers,” says the company, which has donated the technology to National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA), with whom it collaborates in the project.

In The Register raised the issue of false positives. When a surfer who has not done anything wrong nor has their compromised accounts listed and its activity is blocked.

Microsoft has led the courts to a U.S. company to open thousands of accounts on its Hotmail email service and so can send spam from legitimate.