{"id":220036,"date":"2026-05-26T03:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks-krebs-on-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T03:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:35:12","slug":"netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks-krebs-on-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks-krebs-on-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks \u2013 Krebs on Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks\/\">Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks \u2013 Krebs on Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks\/\">https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-25 11:58:18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"krebsonsecurity.com\">krebsonsecurity.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dutch authorities recently arrested two co-owners of internet hosting companies for operating infrastructure used by Russian entities to conduct cybercrimes and disinformation campaigns within the European Union. The arrested individuals are Andrey Nesterenko, a Russian native, and Youssef Zinad, who were operating MIRhosting and WorkTitans BV respectively. These entities were used to channel cyberattacks originating from Russia, including sanctioned entities Stark Industries Solutions and PQHosting. The Dutch financial crimes agency, FIOD, launched its investigation upon discovering MIRhosting as the key connection for WorkTitans to the broader internet after the EU sanctions on the Neculiti brothers and PQHosting in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation revealed that Nesterenko and Zinad transferred assets to evade EU sanctions, maintaining a crucial link for Russian cybercriminals, which was especially evident in a series of attacks on Danish government institutions during the municipal elections in November 2025. Following their arrests, Dutch authorities seized equipment including over 800 servers, laptops, phones, and conducted searches at multiple locations. MIRhosting stated it had limited knowledge of potential misuse by cybercriminals. Both Nesterenko and Zinad denied direct ties to illegal activities, emphasizing the harmful impact on their business due to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dutch authorities arrested Nesterenko and Zinad for facilitating cyberattacks infrastructure for Russian agencies.<br \/>\n&#8211; The investigation focused on MIRhosting and WorkTitans BV after the EU sanctioned Stark Industries and PQHosting.<br \/>\n&#8211; Despite denials by the defendants, these entities remained major conduits for pro-Russian cyberattacks.<br \/>\n&#8211; Dutch authorities conducted searches and seized equipment across multiple locations during the raids.<br \/>\n&#8211; MIRhosting claimed no prior knowledge of malicious activities, maintaining operations remain unaffected except for precautionary measures towards WorkTitans BV.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks \u2013 Krebs on Security https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2026\/05\/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-arrests-2-for-aiding-cyberattacks\/ Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fiod-mirhosting.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220040,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220036\/revisions\/220040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}