FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet

k1m 21 points 8 comments July 02, 2026
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A_D_E_P_T

> https://x.com/weezerOSINT/status/2072772333329416654 > They seized the wrong domain. Netnut is still up and running > The domain FBI seized: https://netnut.com > The real domain https://netnut.io The backend infrastructure, for similar reasons, is probably still operational, even if it might have taken a hit.

WarOnPrivacy

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the publicly-traded Israeli company Alarum Technologies [NASDAQ: ALAR].

charcircuit

Google is pulling up the ladder for other internet crawlers for search engines and AI. It also hurts privacy and anonymity taking away an option to hide your IP without being an obvious VPN exit point.

iJohnDoe

Disrupting a publicly-traded Israeli company? Heads will roll on Monday. This will cause a disruption to all sorts of intelligence operations. The FBI didn’t get the memo apparently.

rendaw

Are residential proxies illegal? Why is the FBI involved with civil actions?

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