The.Hosting run by WorkTitans a Dutch company got their 800 servers seized by FIOD
Financial Crime investigation of Netherlands (FIOD) has seized over 800 servers belonging to WorkTitans – a Dutch company which runs “The.Hosting” brand. They even arrested the two men including the company director.
Why The.Hosting servers were seized?
The.Hosting – a VPS, dedicated and shared hosting provider (originally Stark Industries, now WorkTitans) was involved in cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns. According to the authorities, the suspects indirectly provided economic resources to Russian and Belarusian entities sanctioned by the European Union (EU).
The [Dutch] web hosting company, according to the research team, provided support to actions by the Russian Federation that undermine democracy and security, including through information manipulation and disruption of public and economic systems.
https://www.fiod.nl/fiod-houdt-twee-verdachten-aan-wegens-overtreding-sanctiewetgeving/
The EU added Stark Industries to the list of sanctioned entities last year on May 20. Following this restriction, the web hosting infrastructure was transferred to a newly created Dutch company WorkTitans that investigators believe acted as a front for the sanctioned entities.
The.Hosting was originally named “PQ Hosting”. It’s name was also changed when European authorities sanctioned them.
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yeah.. even on lowendtalk their is a thread about it. The.Hosting was formerly know as PQ.hosting had changed their name after they got sanctioned in EU. The original entity was Stark Industries. So later they formed WorkTitans another Dutch company and started selling servers, vps, etc to Russian users who were all involved in cyberattacks, DDoS attacks and spreading misinformation. Eventually, the Dutch authorities arrested the owner/director of “The.Hosting” and seized all of their servers located in data centers in Dronten and Schiphol-Rijk, as well as searches in Enschede and Almere, where they seized 800 servers, laptops, phones, and administrative records.
That’s the reason servers bought from the.hosting went down from past 3-4 days. The entire server-nodes seems to be seized by Netherlands authorities. All customers’ data gone. I don’t know if someone would be running legit, legal websites on the.hosting’s servers as most of the time their servers are used for cyber-attacks, DDoS attacks and spreading viruses around the globe.