<Lolek>Hosted, a domain which provided bulletproof hosting has been seized in an operation involving various agencies and has been taken offline.
As is the case in such events, the website at the domain now shows a seizure notification.
Before seizure
Before the seizure this week, the website found at the registered domain offered a range of services predominantly to criminals and provided a platform for many illegal activities including denial of service attacks, dissemination of malware, creation and management of botnets, and the hosting of fake / fraudulent sites and services.
UK company
The site was a UK-based affair which utilised multiple data centres in Europe offering a range of dedicated platforms. They also advertised the fact that they had their own datacentre with no 3rd party involvement allowing for unrivalled client confidentiality.
Seizure event
Although the seizure notice states the FBI involvement, the main players in this particular take down are the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Regional Prosecutors office in Katowice and the Central Bureau fo Combating CyberCrime, who are based in Krakow – This suggests that the private datacentre used by Lolekhosted was in Poland.
What’s in a name?
The name Lolek is taken from a character from the Polish cartoon Bolek and Lolek which first aired in 1962.
The cartoon was hugely successful in Poland, and was also distributed in other countries under names such as Benny & Lenny, Jym & Jam, and Tim & Tom.
In 2011, a staute of the two characters was erected in the city of Bielsko-Biala where the cartoon was produced.
Bielsko-Biala is situated roughly equidistant between Katowice and Krakow.
