Europol and DOJ Busted Five Administrators in Lolek Bulletproof Hosting Take-Down
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Following news last week that authorities had taken down the Lolek bulletproof hosting provider, Europol and the US Justice Department formally announced the seizure of Lolek and the arrest of five administrators in Poland.
"This week, the Polish Central Cybercrime Bureau (Centralne Biuro Zwalczania Cyberprzestępczości) under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Katowice (Prokuratura Regionalna w Katowicach) took action against LolekHosted.net, a bulletproof hosting service used by criminals to launch cyber-attacks across the world,” Europol said. "Five of its administrators were arrested, and all of its servers seized, rendering LolekHosted.net no longer available."
Europol says that Lolek was seized as cybercriminals used its servers to launch DDoS attacks, distribute information-stealing malware, ho…
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