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The US Treasury has sanctioned Aeza Group, a Russian bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider, and four of its cronies for enabling ransomware and other cybercriminal activity. This is the second time this year BPH providers have been hit with sanctions. These organizations claim to offer cybercriminals resources, such as servers …

  1. Linker3000
    Headmaster

    Drop that phrasing

    "...drops sanctions on..."

    Aahhhh - You mean "...sanctions...", not "...discontinues sanctions on..."

    Are we not doing phrasing any more?

    1. ICL1900-G3 Silver badge

      Re: Drop that phrasing

      Exactly! Whoever wrote that, and I use 'wrote' loosely, achieved the opposite of what they intended. Does no-one learn English language any more?

      1. Blazde Silver badge

        Re: Drop that phrasing

        Drop meaning good, not drop meaning bad

    2. MiguelC Silver badge
      Stop

      Re: Drop that phrasing

      "clickbait" is the only viable explanation

    3. O'Reg Inalsin Silver badge

      Re: Drop that phrasing

      How about change "sanctions" to "bunker busters" instead. I would never even have joked that 3 years ago, but I'm not sure it would make any difference to the 10 year outlook now, anyway.

    4. An_Old_Dog Silver badge

      Phrasing

      Since when are PCs -- physical or virtual -- "vehicles"?

      The headline gives the impression of Russian government/mob figures riding around in an armored limousine.

      Perhaps the author is a Tom Jones fan.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wob3fEuVlIE&pp=ygURdG9tIGpvbmVzIHZlaGljbGU%3D

  2. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

    imposes

    That's better.

  3. IGotOut Silver badge

    Meanwhile

    ...Trump is still busy sucking Putin's ball sack by cutting weapons to Ukraine.

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    US Gubbermint consistency

    At the same time as Herr Drumpf drops sanctions on a number of Russian Banks (perhaps he has accounts with them?) we get this.

    Joined up Gubbermint at it best.

    If Biden had done this, both would be headline news on Pox Spews for a week but as it the Orange Jesus, all we get is tumbleweed.

  5. Diogenes8080

    AS210.. what?

    Ah yes. Aeza. I looked over their network at some point in 2024 when I had a moment spare. Even their BGP was a twisted tangle. It made obfuscators like M247 look simple by comparison. In the end I gave up (which was of course their intention). It was really an arbitrary question of where you wanted to draw the line at where their organisation really stopped.

    I can't even find my notes now, but from what I recollect any collateral damage will be a net gain to the planet.

    Now if only the powers-that-be could do the same for Tony Stark's crew!

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