WashingtonThe FBI seized a host accused of ignoring child-abuse complaints.
After complaints from Germany, Canada and Australia in January, Virtualine helped a forum’s operators build a new site.
Bulletproof hosts rent servers on a promise to ignore abuse complaints, and Virtualine advertised hosting for illegal activity on cybercrime forums.
The Justice Department has named no operators and filed no charges.
How each outlet framed it
- The Record leans critical
- quotes the provider's HackForums boast of ignoring abuse, showing the bulletproof-hosting business model through its own advertising
Sources: The Record