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The due process is that Microsoft sued the malware distributors and the court granted them a restraining order.

"In a civil case filed on June 19, Microsoft named two foreign nationals, Mohamed Benabdellah and Naser Al Mutairi, and a U.S. company, Vitalwerks Internet Solutions, LLC (doing business as No-IP.com), for their roles in creating, controlling, and assisting in infecting millions of computers with malicious software — harming Microsoft, its customers and the public at large. ...

On June 19, Microsoft filed for an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for Nevada against No-IP. On June 26, the court granted our request and made Microsoft the DNS authority for the company’s 23 free No-IP domains, allowing us to identify and route all known bad traffic to the Microsoft sinkhole and classify the identified threats."




Ex parte means that only one party is before the court. That means No-IP had only no opportunity to respond to Microsoft's request to seize the names.

Due process, maybe. But not very good due process.


>The due process is that Microsoft sued the malware distributors and the court granted them a restraining order. //

In what way is the court at liberty to grant a plaintiff permission to enforce a restraining order though, sounds ultra vires? Aren't the only ones enabled legally to do so law enforcement officers?




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