"Bulletproof hosting is a key component of the cyber crime ecosystem, providing a digital safe haven for cyber criminals that can appear resistant to law enforcement takedown activity,"
"Services like Media Land ... are critical enablers for cyber criminals so sanctions like today's against Media Land will inhibit their ability to plan, launch and monetise criminal schemes."
"This action will assist in law enforcement's pursuit of nullifying the 'bulletproof' shield provided by illicit hosting services, helping to degrade the cybercrime ecosystem that nefarious actors depend on."
The National Crime Agency and Anglophone Five Eyes partners targeted so-called 'bulletproof' hosting services Media Land and ML Cloud that shielded customers, including ransomware gangs Black Basta, Evil Corp and LockBit, from detection. The services are alleged to be part of a Russia-based operation run by Alexander Volosovik (aka Yalishanda), described as a critical enabler of global cyber crime. The operators are accused of supporting large-scale ransomware campaigns that caused financial losses, operational disruption and reputational damage. Volosovik and two associates have been sanctioned by the UK FCDO, US OFAC and Australia's DFAT to degrade the cybercrime ecosystem.
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