WGA attack on pirates

The Windows Genuine Advantage tool developed by Microsoft has helped sleuths to bust the biggest ever software piracy racket. Under WGA, users have to validate their operating system with Microsoft to update software. This helped MS detect lots of pirated versions of its programmes. Making use of this data, the FBI the other day busted the China-based racket which had distributed pirated Windows software worth $2 billion in more than 27 countries. CDs of pirated software worth $500 million were seized from the racket’s base in Guandong province. It had been bringing out and selling pirated versions of Microsoft’s popular products including Windows Vista and MS Office 2007.