Covered by 2 outlets — first reported by The Hacker News, Oct 28, 07:37 UTC
FBI Seizes Virtualine Domain Over Alleged Criminal Hosting and Bitcoin Money Laundering
Summary
The US Department of Justice and FBI seized a domain tied to Virtualine, a bulletproof hosting provider (a service that sells hosting to criminals and ignores abuse complaints). The Hacker News reports the government said the service was used to commit and facilitate prolific criminal activity. Security Affairs identifies the seized domain as virtualine.net and says the service is accused of ignoring abuse reports and helping launder money, adding that an allegedly abusive website remains online.
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2 outlets, in the order they reported it.
The Hacker NewsFirst report
FBI Seizes Virtualine Domain Over Alleged Criminal Hosting and Bitcoin Money Laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a domain associated with a bulletproof hosting provider (BPH) named Virtualine.
Security Affairs
Virtualine Domain Seized, but Allegedly Abusive Website Remains Online
The FBI seized Virtualine, a hosting service accused of supporting criminal sites, ignoring abuse reports and helping launder money from illegal activities The FBI seized the website of Virtualine, a hosting service that sold its services…