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US charges alleged operators of Russian bulletproof hosting service

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

U.S. federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against three Russian nationals, accusing them of providing bulletproof hosting (BPH) services to ransomware gangs that caused over $62 million in damages to victims worldwide. [...]

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