US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims
- ID
- 4885
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:21 PM
- Fetched
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:23 PM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/us-charges-russian-bulletproof-web-hosts-over-cyberattacks-that-netted-62m-from-cybercrime-victims/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 5.0
- Created
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:23 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_founders
What happened
The US has unsealed a 2024 indictment charging three Russians and two 'bulletproof' web hosting providers for allegedly aiding hackers and profiting from cybercrime that netted $62M from victims. The case highlights how infrastructure providers that ignore abuse takedown requests enable large-scale cyberattacks.
Why it matters
For Malaysian developers and SaaS founders choosing hosting and cloud providers, this is a reminder to vet upstream infrastructure partners for abuse-handling policies. Bulletproof hosts that ignore takedown requests can expose your stack to neighboring malicious tenants and reputational risk.
Discussion angle
How to evaluate a cloud or hosting provider's abuse response track record before committing your production workloads to them.