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Redmond says that the seller has been linked to a group its been tracking called Storm-1152.

The Storm prefix indicates that the group is new or in development, and hasnt been observed much previously.

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The action took down the groups website and social media pages, disrupting its service to illegal customers.

For Microsoft, a large part of the battle will forever be keeping on top of emerging threats.

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