San Jose Adult Entertainment: Microsoft sues Funmobile over spim, phishing and porn scheme
Microsoft Corp. filed suit Thursday against Funmobile Ltd. of Hong Kong and its Foster City, Calif., subsidiary — alleging that they used a combination of phishing and instant-messaging spam to steal login information and direct people to adult entertainment sites and bogus social networks.
The suit alleges that Funmobile used instant-messaging spam, known as “spim,” to direct people to websites that deceived them into turning over their Windows Live Messenger login information and passwords. According to the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) suit, Funmobile then used those logins to break into accounts and send more spim.