Microsoft Snooped on a Blogger's Email to Hunt Down a Windows 8
Leaker (Updated)  An indictment filed in federal court today
reveals that Microsoft snooped through a blogger's Hotmail
account trying to plug an internal leak of pre-release Windows 8
software. That sounds like an outrageous violation of privacy
because that's exactly what it is. Microsoft claims they had the
legal right under its terms of service.  BI reports that that
federal prosecutors filed papers agains former Microsoft
employee Alex Kibkalo today, alleging that he illegally
transferred company secrets to an unnamed blogger. According to
the indictment, the blogger came to Microsoft in September 2012,
claiming it had inside information. The information was of
particular interest because the blogger's email address had
already been associated with leaks by Microsoft's private
security company. After clearing its plan with its legal
department, Microsoft dove in, and found an email implicating
Kibkalo in leaks.  That Microsoft would go pokin