🏴‍☠️ Europol and FBI took down the SocksEscort proxy network – press release

Operation Lightning: 34 domains seized, 23 servers confiscated, and $3,500,000 in cryptocurrency frozen.

The network infected home routers with malware and sold access to scammers – for hacking crypto wallets and hiding their location. Since 2020, 369,000 IP addresses across 163 countries have passed through it.

Examples of victims:
▪ A New York resident lost $1,000,000 in cryptocurrency.
▪ A company from Pennsylvania lost $700,000.
▪ US military personnel suffered losses of $100,000.

The operation involved: FBI, IRS, Europol, Eurojust, police forces of Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Romania.

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