The services provided cybercriminals with services to carry out ransomware attacks, web skimming, phishing, and account hacking.
Law enforcement officials from the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands have neutralized the web domains and server infrastructure of three VPN services that provided cybercriminals with the ability to launch cyber attacks.
The investigation revealed that the three domains insorg.org, safe-inet.com and safe-inet.net were offering visitors the services of the “bulletproof hosting provider” Safe-Inet. Domain servers were often used to disguise the real identities of ransomware operators, web skimmers (Magecart), online phishers and hackers involved in account hacking, according to the US Department of Justice and Europol. The services were provided by an organization described by the police as a "bulletproof hosting provider."
Law enforcement agencies around the world have conducted coordinated server neutralization in at least five different countries in addition to domain shutdowns. Europol plans to analyze the collected information and initiate proceedings to identify and take action against some Safe-Inet users.
According to Europol officials, the investigation identified about 250 companies around the world that cybercriminals were spying on to carry out potential ransomware attacks through the Safe-Inet infrastructure.
“We are aware of the problem, and in the coming days the service will be restored,” says Safe-Inet's Twitter account.
Bulletproof hosting is a virtual hosting or dedicated server, the owners of which are loyal to the content of the sites hosted on it and do not respond to requests from copyright holders and other interested parties. In this regard, such servers are very popular with spammers, online casino operators and distributors of prohibited content.
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Law enforcement officials from the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands have neutralized the web domains and server infrastructure of three VPN services that provided cybercriminals with the ability to launch cyber attacks.
The investigation revealed that the three domains insorg.org, safe-inet.com and safe-inet.net were offering visitors the services of the “bulletproof hosting provider” Safe-Inet. Domain servers were often used to disguise the real identities of ransomware operators, web skimmers (Magecart), online phishers and hackers involved in account hacking, according to the US Department of Justice and Europol. The services were provided by an organization described by the police as a "bulletproof hosting provider."
Law enforcement agencies around the world have conducted coordinated server neutralization in at least five different countries in addition to domain shutdowns. Europol plans to analyze the collected information and initiate proceedings to identify and take action against some Safe-Inet users.
According to Europol officials, the investigation identified about 250 companies around the world that cybercriminals were spying on to carry out potential ransomware attacks through the Safe-Inet infrastructure.
“We are aware of the problem, and in the coming days the service will be restored,” says Safe-Inet's Twitter account.
Bulletproof hosting is a virtual hosting or dedicated server, the owners of which are loyal to the content of the sites hosted on it and do not respond to requests from copyright holders and other interested parties. In this regard, such servers are very popular with spammers, online casino operators and distributors of prohibited content.
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