Dutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers dismantles bulletproof hoster

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the United States Australia and the United Kingdom announced sanctions against the same bulletproof hosting provider for its involvement in cybercrime operationsppSpecifically the operators of Zservers were accused of facilitating LockBit ransomware attacks and supporting the cybercriminals efforts to launder illegally obtained moneyppThe hosting provider operated by Russian nationals Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov was also used to suppert botnet operations and to distribute malwareppPolitie says that the Zservers service was knowingly backing these malicious activities and even advertised its lax policies to potential customers making it clear that its infrastructure tolerated criminal actsppA bulletproof hoster is not just any shadowy company that ignores rules it is the backbone of global cybercrime states the Dutch police in todays announcementppWithout these safe havensmany criminals would have nowhere to host their hacking tools stolen data and fake websitesppPolitie says that one of the seized servers hosted hack tools from Lockbit and also Conti ransomware two of the most prolific and damaging ransomwareasaservice operationsppThe servers were located in the Paul van Vlissingenstraat colocation data centre in Amsterdam and cybercriminals could purchase services anonymously by paying with cryptocurrency At the moment any websites hosted on the servers are no longer accessibleppAll 127 seized servers will be investigated by specialists of the Cybercrime Team in Amsterdam which may lead to more incriminating evidence and data that could point to other cybercriminal operations and the individuals running themppHowever this time the action was limited to seizing computing equipment and no arrests were madeppMishin and Bolshakov the administrators of Zservers were sanctioned with asset freezes and travel banks but remain free as no criminal charges have been announced against them yetppDiscover the Top 10 MITRE ATTCK techniques 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