‘Bulletproof’ Hoster Santrex Calls It Quits
Summary: Santrex, a U.K.-founded Web hosting provider that specialized in bulletproof hosting for cybercrime forums and malicious sites, announced last week it was shutting down, citing "internal network issues and recent downtime." Google's Safe Browsing data ranked Santrex among the Internet's top three most malicious hosts over the past year, with nearly 90 percent of sites on its network either trying to foist malware on visitors or hosting malware used in attacks on other sites.
What's compelling: Companies House records show Santrex was declared insolvent by a U.K. court on April 22, 2013 over unpaid bills to data center provider Bellcom UK Ltd., meaning the takedown came from a creditor rather than from the law enforcement pressure bulletproof hosts are built to absorb.
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