Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks

The article spells it out clearly: charging them with violating sanctions law by directly or indirectly making economic resources available to EU-sanctioned entities.

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Post by DonHopkins » Mon, May 25, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #3

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Post by binaryturtle » Mon, May 25, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #3

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> …charging them with violating sanctions law by directly or indirectly making economic resources available to EU-sanctioned entities…

I guess that's why.

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Post by analog8374 » Mon, May 25, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC

It would be nice if they named/prosecuted the people who paid them to perform the attacks.

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Post by bunbun69 » Mon, May 25, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #3

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I feel like you’re only asking this because you disagree with their charges, not because you genuinely have no clue why they’re arrested.

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Post by efitz » Mon, May 25, 2026, 3:42 PM UTC

I’ve been on the defender side of security my whole career.

I know in some markets crime pays more than legitimate work, but it never ceases to amaze me how much thought, effort, planning, and engineering goes into providing infrastructure IT services for cybercriminals. The people involved definitely have the skills to be profitable at legitimate work; it just puzzles me that they choose to support criminals.