Microsoft warned back in August that suspected Chinese hackers were trying to use VPNs as intelligence-gathering tools.

Lone hackers have been known to go after data stored by celebrities in the cloud. Law enforcement did not name the musicians who were hacked.

The social media giant says it shut down dozens of accounts, pages and groups intended to "engage in hate speech and spread divisive comments on both sides of the political debate" in the United Kingdom and in Romania.

The fine amounts to $664,000.

The U.S. House of Representatives is looking to ramp up a cyberthreat information-sharing program with the parliaments of allies Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Britain, according to House CISO Randy Vickers.

The sentencing judge described Grant West as “a one-man cybercrime wave.”