Microsoft report reveals over 75k law enforcement requests in 2012

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Similar to Google's Transparency Report Microsoft has released a report detailing the amount of information requests by law enforcement for user information. They have stated that they intend to released a report detailing this information every six months from here on in. The company's report suggests that they received 75,378 reports in 2012, if they had acted on every request it would have affected 137,424 unique accounts or two one-hundredths of one percent of the entire userbase.



Of the requests received only 82% resulted in information disclosure to law enforcement. The full report can be found here.

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CearnsyPosted:

Vice Thats alot of accounts on xbox0_o


I reckon at least half of the people wouldn't have got them back

InFecteD-TaCoPosted:

Well that sucks! I had a feeling this would happen.

CheeseStuffedPizzaPosted:

Ozar i dont even get this topic.


Ozar so whats this about? o_0


Post once and quite spamming geeze. Its about hackers and law enforcement is getting involved.

JakesLobbies-Posted:

Yikes
Ozar i dont even get this topic.


Try reading the article.


xD that made my day :P

ToesPosted:

Ozar i dont even get this topic.


Its basically telling us how many bad people there are. lol

ToesPosted:

Twist-Version-7 I hope they get caught, Microsoft don't deserve this.


If they are actually hackers, then they most likely wont.

Twist-Version-7Posted:

I hope they get caught, Microsoft don't deserve this.

MultitaskPosted:

Axe
Woobie So many teenage hackers lol.


Because they think they are cool and can control people by hacking. They can get into a lot of trouble if they get caught though.


yea i hope they do get caught /:

MultitaskPosted:

Hoyt Most of them are hackers and booters.


true so many booters in Xbox /:

ToesPosted:

Thats alot of accounts on xbox0_o


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