FBI leads action to shut down Virtualine bulletproof service linked to major cybercrime activity

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  • FBI and international partners seized infrastructure tied to Virtualine, a hosting provider allegedly serving cybercriminals
  • Authorities say the service facilitated phishing, ransomware operations, illicit crypto activity, and other crimes
  • Investigators seized servers and customer data, though no arrests have been announced so far

The FBI has announced it seized the website of Virtualine, a bulletproof hosting service that allegedly allowed child pornography, laundered stolen and extorted crypto, and facilitated a wide range of other criminal activities.

The operation was carried out in partnership with German and Dutch authorities, as well as multiple private companies, with police raiding a data center in Limburg to seize “dozens of physical servers” that also hosted “hundreds” of virtual servers. As a result, they gained access to information about more than 3,000 of Virtualine’s customers, it was said.

“The police are currently taking follow-up actions towards these users,” the Dutch police said, although it’s difficult...

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