The Central Investigation Bureau has helped the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) track down and freeze a large part of some 1 billion baht worth of assets of the founder and administrator of the world’s largest cybercriminal operation laundered in Thailand.

SEATTLE - Microsoft has taken legal steps to dismantle one of the world's largest botnets, an effort it says is aimed at thwarting criminal hackers who might seek to snarl state and local computer systems used to maintain voter rolls or report on election results.