Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks
2026-05-27T07:23:30Z•282edee10d048b6cf62bc3c0a23b01c5f97dd2d5a866e4bac66484221d11518d
AWS GovCloudCISACanvas breachDDoSGitHub exposureKimwolfMicrosoft Office tokensRussiaScattered SpiderStark Industries Solutionsbotnetcredential leakdata extortiondata leakhosting seizurelaw enforcement/arrestspatches/zero-daysrouter vulnerabilitiesstaging infrastructurestate-backed cyber operations
What happened
This collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports covers multiple high-impact cyber incidents and law-enforcement actions: Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested two hosting-company co-owners for operating infrastructure used by Russian intelligence for cyberattacks and influence operations; a CISA contractor publicly exposed AWS GovCloud credentials and internal build/deploy artifacts on GitHub, prompting Congressional inquiries and an ongoing containment effort; a 23-year-old alleged Kimwolf botnet operator was arrested and charged in Canada and the U.S.; a data-extortion attack against
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