Covered by 2 outlets — first reported by CyberScoop, Oct 29, 00:38 UTC
Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine
Summary
The FBI has seized the domain of Virtualine, a Russian-speaking bulletproof hosting provider, meaning a service that rents infrastructure to cybercriminals and ignores abuse complaints. SecurityWeek reports it let customers host hack-for-hire services, supported ransomware and infostealer operators, and took crypto payments. CyberScoop reports researchers found it received almost one-fifth of all illicit-attributed inflow they tracked this year, making it one of the most active such providers.
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2 outlets, in the order they reported it.
CyberScoopFirst report
Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine
The Russian-speaking cybercrime storefront was among the most active bulletproof hosting providers this year to date, receiving almost one-fifth of all illicit-attributed inflow tracked by researchers.
SecurityWeek
Bulletproof Host Virtualine Loses Its Domain to FBI Seizure
It allowed customers to host hack-for-hire services, supported ransomware and infostealer operators, and accepted crypto payments.
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