Admins of Bulletproof Hosting Service Used by Russian Hackers Arrested in Netherlands
The two own Dutch companies that allegedly provided bulletproof hosting services to Russia-aligned threat actors. The post Admins of Bulletproof Hosting Service Used by Russian Hackers Arrested in Netherlands appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the owners of two Dutch companies that allegedly provided bulletproof hosting services to Russian threat actors and evaded sanctions imposed by the European Union.
According to an announcement by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), the suspects, a 57-year-old from Amsterdam and a 39-year-old from The Hague, were arrested on May 18.
The investigators conducted searches at three locations in Enschede and Almere, and at two data centers in Dronten and Schiphol-Rijk, and seized laptops, phones, and over 800 servers.
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