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In 2009, the company collaborated with ICANN, along with security researchers and operators within the [[DNS]], to implement a coordinated global response to the [[Conficker Worm]]. It coordinated a response designed to disable domains targeted by Conficker and offered a $250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12feb09-en.htm Microsoft Collaborates With Industry to Disrupt Conficker Worm]</ref>
In 2009, the company collaborated with ICANN, along with security researchers and operators within the [[DNS]], to implement a coordinated global response to the [[Conficker Worm]]. It coordinated a response designed to disable domains targeted by Conficker and offered a $250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12feb09-en.htm Microsoft Collaborates With Industry to Disrupt Conficker Worm]</ref>
==Microsoft and ISOC==
Microsoft is a sponsor of a component of [[ISOC]]'s Next Generation Leaders Programme, which is an academic and field-based program, launched in 2010 in conjunction with the [[DiploFoundation]], intended to further the skills of promising Internet professionals and individuals working in Internet governance. Microsoft specifically sponsors a fellowship with the [[IETF]], a part of the academic portion of the NGL programme.<ref>http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2450 Newsletter, ISOC.org]</ref>
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