Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
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Summary
Tech giant Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against 10 anonymous defendants, which it has dubbed “John Doe”, over allegations they created and administered a scam providing “hacking-as-a-service” tools to produce harmful and illicit content via the company’s AI services.
The group of three individuals, which were based abroad, are said to have created work-arounds to Microsoft’s safety precautions in order to compromise customer accounts.
These details were then used to develop a platform for customers to buy into for a fee, which provided “detailed instructions on how to use these custom tools to generate harmful and illicit content”, according to Microsoft.
The tech company has also filed a lawsuit against seven further individuals who it claims were customers of the scam service.
All 10 defendants have been left unnamed due to Microsoft not knowing their identities.
