Poland arrests five people as Europol and the DOJ take down the Lolek “bulletproof” host for allegedly facilitating Netwalker ransomware and other attacks
Europol The Hacker News : Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Servers Seized, 5 Key Operators Arrested Habiba Rashid / HackRead : Feds Seize Bulletproof Hosting Service “Lolek Hosted” Jurgita Lapienytė / Cybernews.com : Hosting service used by criminals taken down in Poland Rohan Goswami / CNBC : ‘Bulletproof’ hosting site that allegedly enabled 400 ransomware attacks seized, founder indicted Akshaya Asokan / DeviceSecurity.io : ‘Bulletproof’ LolekHosted Down Following Police Operation Joe Warminsky / The Record : Takedown of Lolek bulletproof hosting service includes arrests, NetWalker indictment Claudia Glover / Tech Monitor : Illegal web hosting service Lolek Hosted taken down by Europol, the FBI and the IRS X: @dojcrimdiv : Administrator of ‘Bulletproof’ Webhosting Domain Charged in Connection with Facilitation of NetWalker Ransomware U.S. Authorities Announce Court-Authorized Seizure of LolekHosted https://www.justice.gov/... [image] @uuallan : Interesting, Netwalker used Lolek for hosting. I am pretty sure other ransomware groups use them as well. Nice reporting from @LawrenceAbrams https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ ... [image] @europol : 🌐 5 arrested in Poland by @CyberPolicjafor running bulletproof hosting service used by criminals to launch cyberattacks across the world. This latest success in the fight against cybercrime was supported by Europol and the @FBI. Press release ⤵️ https://www.europol.europa.eu/ ... Forums: Slashdot : ‘Bulletproof’ Web Site Hosting Ransomware Finally Seized, Founder Indicted