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U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
- The U.S. sanctioned Funnull, a Philippines-based cloud provider used for 'pig butchering' scams, resulting in over $200 million in U.S. victim losses.
- Funnull facilitated virtual currency investment scams, including pig butchering schemes where victims lose money through fraudulent cryptocurrency platforms.
- Silent Push discovered Funnull hosting gambling sites linked to the Suncity Group and serving as a content delivery network for scam websites.
- Amazon and Microsoft cloud providers struggled to remove Funnull's presence despite efforts to counter abuse.
- U.S.-based cloud providers are attractive for cybercriminals as blocking traffic can also affect legitimate websites on the same network.
- Funnull's use of U.S. cloud providers enables cybercriminals to mask their origins and appear geographically close to their targets, bypassing security measures.
- The EU sanctioned Stark Industries Solutions, an ISP used for global proxy networks in Russia's cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns.
- Stark Industries Solutions was found to bounce malicious traffic through U.S.-based cloud providers, penetrating U.S. ISPs and providing 'bulletproof' hosting services.
- Co-founders of Stark, Ivan and Yuri Neculiti, were sanctioned by the EU for aiding Russian state-sponsored actors in destabilizing activities and cyberattacks.
- Stark and the Neculiti brothers enabled Russian actors to conduct cyber-attacks, information manipulation, and interference by hiding their activities from European authorities.
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