FBI seizes Virtualine bulletproof hosting domain
Original title: FBI Seizes Virtualine Bulletproof Hosting Domain Linked to Ransomware and Cybercrime
Prosecutors say the host ignored abuse notices, offered to move infrastructure after law-enforcement requests, and took unhosted Bitcoin payments.
On October 27, 2026, the FBI seized virtualine.net, the main site of bulletproof host Virtualine, in a court-authorized action. The Justice Department said the business also used the names Secury, Massgod, Spamhouse, Lanedo, and Omegatech and sold hosting while seeking cybercrime-forum customers. Chainalysis linked its payment addresses to ransomware operators, infostealer infrastructure, and scam and phishing addresses, but no groups or totals were named. Seizing the domain does not show that every related server stopped.
Unconfirmed: Prosecutors did not name ransomware groups or transaction values, and Silent Push said Omegatech was not fully offline.
- In September 2024, Virtualine told an Exploit user it would host phishing, card fraud, spam, and port scanning.
- By March 2026 it advertised moving customer infrastructure to a shell company after law-enforcement requests.
- Warnings about child sexual abuse material began in January 2026 from police in Germany, Canada, and Australia and from NCMEC.
- The FBI Washington Field Office worked with German, Dutch, and British authorities, OverRIPE, and Lumen.
- Silent Push reported that Omegatech was not fully offline after the seizure.
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The FBI seized virtualine. net, the main website of a bulletproof hosting provider linked to ransomware operators, stolen-data markets, and other cybercrime services. Announced on October 27, 2026, the court-authorized action targeted a business accused of helping criminals keep their websites online, ignore abuse complaints, and hide payments.
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