Law enforcement seizes Virtualine domain in cybercrime probe

U.S. and international law enforcement have seized Virtualine’s primary domain, a move authorities say disrupted a bulletproof hosting provider used to support a broad range of cybercrime activity. The action, announced Oct. 27, 2026 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the FBI Washington Field Office, targets infrastructure prosecutors say enabled ransomware operators, infostealers, fraud forums and child sexual abuse material distribution. According to the Justice Department, Virtualine operated under several names, including Secury, Massgod, Spamhouse, Lanedo and Omegatech, and openly marketed hosting services to criminals on forums such as Exploit.in and HackForums. Prosecutors said the provider advertised support for phishing, carding and spam in a September 2024 post, and in June 2025 boasted that it "ignored more abuse than your last three therapists." In…

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