FBI seized Virtualine.net Hosting Provider’s Servers and Domain gets Shutdown
Virtualine was bulletproof web hosting provider that offered shared hosting, vps, and dedicated servers in Netherlands and other European locations. Today, FBI seized Virtualine.net – their official domain name, and also Dutch authorites seized all servers operated by Virtualine. Investigators also obtained records of over 3000 of virtualine’s customers. Many users on blackhatworld forum use to host their phishing, spam sites on virtualine’s physical servers. The hosting provider allegedly supported ransomware, phishing, financial fraud, and other criminal operations run. Most users were from black hat world forum. It seems account, billing and other personal information of virtualine’s customers is now investigated by FBI and Dutch authorities. Police have seized the servers and also customer data.
How Virtualine kept cybercrime online
Bulletproof hosting keeps websites and servers running despite abuse reports or requests from law enforcement. US prosecutors say Virtualine openly promoted its willingness to support phishing, stolen-card fraud and spam. In March 2026, it reportedly offered to move customers’ services to a separate shell company after receiving an official law enforcement request.
The Justice Department also accuses Virtualine of ignoring warnings about a forum distributing CP abuse material and helping its operators establish another site. Virtualine’s operator has disputed the exploitation allegations. Authorities further allege that direct Bitcoin payments from criminal customers were laundered to conceal their origin.
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