{"id":53479,"date":"2023-08-30T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-aint-happy-with-russia-led-un-cybercrime-treaty\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:11:10","slug":"microsoft-aint-happy-with-russia-led-un-cybercrime-treaty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/microsoft-aint-happy-with-russia-led-un-cybercrime-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft ain’t happy with Russia-led UN cybercrime treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A controversial United Nations proposal has a new foe, Microsoft, which has joined the growing number of organizations warning delegates that the draft version of the UN cybercrime treaty only succeeds in justifying state surveillance \u2014 not stopping criminals, as originally intended.<\/p>\n

Amy Hogan-Burney, associate general counsel for cybersecurity policy and protection at Microsoft, on Tuesday warned that the proposal in its current form is too vague, and could be used to criminalize ethical hacking<\/a> and security practices, not to mention a signatory’s own citizens.<\/p>\n

“The risk is that the treaty will not be a tool for prosecuting criminals but rather a weapon that allows for intrusive data access and surveillance instruments,” she wrote<\/a> in a LinkedIn post. “The result could be an international agreement granting authoritarian states the power to suppress dissent under the guise of fighting cybercrime.”<\/p>\n