Microsoft's black revenue is exposed: The FBI regularly pays for user information

[Abstract] The documents intercepted by the Syrian Electronic Army showed that Microsoft provided the FBI with user information for a fee of USD hundreds of thousands of each. Tencent Technology early March 21 compiled Microsoft's former CEO Ballmer often boasted of his ability to make Microsoft's revenue and profits. However, according to U.S. media reports, Microsoft also has a reliance on user information to earn "black revenue" ability: to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to provide a large number of user information, providing "fee reading", each invoice value of up to hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars. The "Syrian Electronic Army", a hacker who has recently attacked American media, has received a key document to prove Microsoft's behavior. The group is loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has recently launched attacks on media sites such as the Associated Press, CNN and NPR. The Syrian Electronic Army, will attack the acquisition of some confidential documents, handed to the United States network media DailyDot. According to DailyDot, the documents received include invoices and e-mail content, which are linked to Microsoft's global criminal compliance team and the FBI's Digital interception technology group. These documents disclose Microsoft's user information to the FBI and charge. In December 2012, for example, Microsoft sent a PDF invoice to the FBI team, charging a total of 145,100 dollars, equivalent to 100 dollars per acquisition of Microsoft Customer information. In August 2013, Microsoft also sent out an invoice worth 352,200 dollars, equivalent to 200 dollars per request. Microsoft's latest invoice, which was last November, received 281,000 dollars. It is no secret that the US government's judiciary, or the National Security Agency, has asked the technology industry companies to obtain information about their users. The technology industry has been asking for permission to disclose information about government requests for information in order to wash away the "stigma" of "leaking user privacy". However, few technology companies have previously reported "fee reading" to government justice and intelligence agencies. Many lawyers and technology workers interviewed by the media said that Microsoft's charging practices were understandable, and Microsoft had reason to charge a reasonable fee. In addition, these documents show once again how frequently government departments are asking technology companies for user information, such as the FBI's invoices, which show a monthly request of up to hundreds of times. Christopher-soghoian of the ACLU said the documents support his consistent view that technology companies must charge government departments for information. In 2010, he criticized Microsoft for not charging the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for user records. Nate-cardozo, a lawyer for the American Electronic Front Foundation, which advocates for privacy, said the government should be transparent about paying technology companies and letting taxpayers know where their money was spent. In the U.S. "Prism Gate" incident, the U.S. National Security Bureau blockbuster, the FBI team compared to the relatively low-key. According to industry insiders, this group is the FBI and the U.S. technology companiesA contact role equivalent to the FBI's own NSA. At present, the relevant aspects have not yet confirmed the information obtained by the Syrian Electronic Army. However, earlier this year, Microsoft's Twitter account and other systems, many times by the Syrian electronic attack, the United States media coverage, which also makes IT services Microsoft humiliated.