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FBI seizes Virtualine, bulletproof hosting provider that promised to shield criminals from police

Updated 28 October 2026

The FBI has seized virtualine.net, the domain of a bulletproof hosting provider that laundered money for its criminal customers and kept a forum trading in child sexual abuse material online despite repeated warnings from police and child protection groups. Seizure…

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