Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks
2026-05-30T19:23:31Z•3771c731b754347d4d24296ed9ded6c13f7b35271250966c660512dd1d855910
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What happened
A cluster of high-impact cybersecurity incidents and enforcement actions reported by KrebsOnSecurity: Dutch authorities seized ~800 servers and arrested two hosting co-owners for operating infrastructure used by Russian intelligence for cyberattacks and disinformation; a CISA contractor publicly leaked AWS GovCloud credentials and internal secrets on GitHub, prompting congressional inquiries and containment efforts; the alleged Kimwolf IoT botnet operator was arrested and charged in Canada and the U.S.; the Canvas education platform suffered a large data-extortion incident threatening data on
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