The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has just added the bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider Aeza Group to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, a roster of individuals and organizations that pose threats to U.S. national security.
BPH service providers sell access to internet infrastructures that enable cybercriminals, including ransomware actors, personal information stealers and illegal drug vendors, to evade detection and disruption of their malicious activities.
In a statement, the OFAC says that the US is sanctioning the Russia-based web hosting company for its role in supporting cybercrimes that target victims in the US and around the world.
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The agency says the Aeza Group provided BPH services to ransomware and malware groups such as the Meduza and Lumma infostealer operators
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