Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions

Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by david_shaw on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:48PM (#45214829)

> WTH is a “bulletproof host”?

A "bulletproof" host or provider is the colloquial term for a business that will not reveal your identity, payment information, provide LEO access, respond to subpoenas, etc.

It's generally used by cyber-criminals as a "safe" vendor, though some privacy-minded individuals like this type of provider as well.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by cptnapalm on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:50PM (#45214851)

My mind first jump to an old video of somebody shooting a Sun Microsystems machine and the bullets did not in fact penetrate the steel.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by rrauenza on Thursday September 11, 2025 @03:47PM (#45215425)

Are you thinking of HP or did they both do it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnjb1WVkhmU

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by cptnapalm on Thursday September 11, 2025 @04:37PM (#45215893)

I forgot about the HP one! I distinctly remember there was a Sun too; it was like a backyard shoot.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by willvarfar on Friday September 12, 2025 @01:10AM (#45218801)

There was an awesome viral video of someone offloading their frustration and a full mag on an HP printer. Now I can't find the original because it started a trend of copiers.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by LtdJorge on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:09AM (#45221268)

Sun servers at least got yelled at.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by zamadatix on Thursday September 11, 2025 @06:27PM (#45216751)

> provide LEO access

Those poor astronauts! ("Law Enforcement Officer", for anyone else not in the know).

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by tharkun__ on Thursday September 11, 2025 @07:39PM (#45217236)

Especially helpful hint coz the other thread's talking about Elon </SCNR>

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by NooneAtAll3 on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:08AM (#45219461)

great

inventing new word when we don't need one

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by Blahah on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:37AM (#45219668)

Which word did you think was new?

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by foobarchu on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:16PM (#45228173)

LEO is a very well established term, it's not new.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by myth2018 on Friday September 12, 2025 @07:24AM (#45220996)

Thank you for the clarification, that one caught me

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by gnabgib on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:47PM (#45214823)

Ars covered it in 2013, it's common in security (Risky Business, OSInt, Krebs) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/how-t...

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by dabeeeenster on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:52PM (#45214871)

Thanks for the replies. Should have RTFA I guess

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by nickstinemates on Thursday September 11, 2025 @02:48PM (#45214827)

It says so in the article. Isp's who ignore authorities and allow anything to happen on their networks.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by lucb1e on Thursday September 11, 2025 @05:12PM (#45216159)

> Been working in the industry for 30 years and never once heard it?

obligatory: https://xkcd.com/1053/ Happy ten thousand day!

Others already answered but while I'm chiming in anyway, I'm not in the hosting industry but IT security (for like ten years, say) and for me it's a very normal term. Maybe precisely because of that niche though; many of us are paranoid

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by Rotdhizon on Thursday September 11, 2025 @05:48PM (#45216452)

Imagine a rack of servers in some countries where global and even that country's law can't really touch them. "cyber gangs" and the like will use those servers as hosting for their malware and activities.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by IlikeKitties on Thursday September 11, 2025 @07:48PM (#45217286)

> even that country's law can't really touch them.

Well, that countries law enforcement could always cut off those servers. It's usually either due to corruption or in case of russia political intent that these servers are kept online.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by bobthepanda on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:02AM (#45219840)

It kind of depends, a lot of the recent ones are in Myanmar where the state is in not much position to enforce much of anything due to the whole civil war thing.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by aswegs8 on Friday September 12, 2025 @05:11AM (#45220215)

Interesting that Netherlands seems to be one of these lawless places...?

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by Bender on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:40AM (#45221494)

Yes. One of the biggest providers there is just down the street from The Hague and other law enforcement agencies. I suspect there is some back scratching to get easy wins for specific types of crimes. Long story.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by YcYc10 on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:54AM (#45219790)

Criminal-friendly

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by tempodox on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:01AM (#45221196)

So is the lock on your front door. Some people hide stolen loot behind locked doors!

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by integralid on Friday September 12, 2025 @03:49PM (#45225977)

Are you arguing in good faith? It's a hosting provider that is friendly to criminals and unfriendly to law enforcement - in particular refuses any law enforcement requests, or won't take down obviously malicious services.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by tempodox on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:10AM (#45221272)

> ISPs like Stark are called “bulletproof” providers when they cultivate a reputation for ignoring any abuse complaints or police inquiries about activity on their networks.

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Re:Bulletproof host Stark Industries evades EU sanctions by sillyboi on Friday September 12, 2025 @09:55AM (#45222211)

I suppose it's just a click bait title, so nothing special

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