US, UK, Australia sanction Lockbit gang’s hosting provider

Cybercrime fighters in the US, UK, and Australia have imposed sanctions on several Russia-linked entities they claim provide hosting services to ransomware gangs Lockbit, BlackSuit, and Play. The sanctions target an organization called “Media Land,” an entity that the US Department of Treasury describes as a provider of …

[Apprentice Human]

This walking corpse now has a name.

One now gathers that Yulia Pankova has a truncated lifespan.

Brave to take a selfie and post it where non-Russian law enforcement could get it, assuming her phone wasn't subverted.

[Bebu sa Ware]

There you have it, dear reader, the alleged faces of cybercrime – without a hoodie in sigh

That they both appear to wearing their (yellow?) seatbelts is just as surprising as the lack of a hoodie. :)

Hardly Boris Badanov and Natasha Fatale.

[Tubz]

His look says he obviously has a crush on her, but she's out of his league.

[Anonymous Coward]

A shame they don't host porn.

.. then ofcom could order them to block all UK access!

[mark l 2]

I'm assuming these "bulletproof hosting" providers are using crypto currency as their main form of payment, so how effective is sanctions going to actually be in that case against the day to day operation of the business?

Will ISP's be forbidden to send traffic to any IP addresses owned by these sanctioned hosting providers?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that a real taxi, or a fake?

Be honest - who saw that picture and thought it was a preview of a video series you need a VPN to watch these days?..