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FBI seizes Virtualine, bulletproof hosting provider that promised to shield criminals from police

Reported by Help Net Security (Sinisa Markovic)

Summary by Cyber Security News28 Oct 2026, 12:41 CET

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FBI seizes Virtualine, bulletproof hosting provider that promised to shield criminals from police — Image: Help Net Security

The FBI has seized virtualine.net, the domain of a bulletproof hosting provider that laundered money for its criminal customers and kept a forum trading in child sexual abuse material online despite repeated warnings from police and child protection groups.

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