Operation Cyberstorm
Operation Cyberstorm was a two-year undercover operation in the United States led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) targeting large-scale trafficking in counterfeit and infringing software. Conducted from 2000 to April 2002 in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Customs Service and local law-enforcement agencies in California, Oregon and Washington, it culminated in April 2002 with the arrest of 27 people and the execution of search warrants on homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area.