US unseals indictment against alleged operators of Russian bulletproof hosting service
2026-07-15T02:51:56Z•07182129efaa4f7e56c060cfc720c921dd9af6904a9d46c2076672075762d334
EU social media policyIoT camera compromiseLidlML CloudMedia LandNATO surveillanceRussiaRussian intelligenceVastaamobulletproof hostingchildren privacycybercrime infrastructuredata breachdata exfiltrationindictmentpsychotherapy datathird-party data breachwanted notice
What happened
A batch of cybersecurity and policy developments: The US unsealed an indictment charging alleged operators of a St. Petersburg “bulletproof” hosting service (Media Land and sister company ML Cloud) for providing infrastructure and tech support to cybercriminals. Finland issued a wanted notice for a suspect (Kivimäki) tied to the large psychotherapy (Vastaamo) data breach and believes he is outside Finland. Dutch intelligence warns at least one Russian agency is compromising internet-connected cameras across Europe to surveil NATO logistics and Ukrainian personnel. Lidl disclosed that attackers
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