Millions hit by Microsoft cybercrime action

Traffic to millions of servers has been disrupted as Microsoft seeks to shut down persistent cybercriminals.

Backed by a court order, the software giant seized control of web domains it said were being used to infect Windows PCs with malware.

Microsoft stopped traffic reaching the malicious domains but has also inadvertently stopped data reaching many legitimate sites.

The original owner of the domains said Microsoft's action was "heavy-handed ".

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