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Key Findings Dutch authorities arrested two suspects and dismantled a bulletproof hosting network operating approximately 800 servers linked to cyberattacks, disinformation, and sanctions evasion The operation, led by the FIOD financial crime agency, involved coordinated raids across multiple European countries targeting infrastructure used by sanctioned Russian and Belarusian entities The hosting service, operating under the name Stark Industries and later rebranded as THE.H

Key Findings The U.S. Treasury Department, along with officials from the U.K. and Australia, imposed sanctions on two Russian bulletproof hosting providers and their key personnel. The targeted providers, Media Land and its subsidiaries, are accused of supporting ransomware operations and other cybercrime activities. The sanctions also targeted individuals and companies that helped the previously sanctioned Aeza Group evade sanctions and reconstitute their operations. Cybercr