Google and FBI disrupt NetNut residential proxy network used by cybercriminals
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Connor Jones
Summary
Tech companies including Google, Lumen, and Shadowserver, working with the FBI, have disrupted the NetNut residential proxy network — a service used by cybercriminals to hide their activity. The operation significantly degraded NetNut, which was among the most popular residential proxy providers. This follows a similar disruption of the IPIDEA proxy network in January 2025. The takedown targets the infrastructure cybercriminals use to anonymize malicious traffic.
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bskyGoogle and FBI disrupt NetNut residential proxy network used by cybercriminalstheregister.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledTech companies working with US law enforcement "significantly degraded" the NetNut residential proxy network as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt the tools cybercriminals use to conceal their activity
Those working on the operation believe NetNut was among the most popular residential proxy network providers
The work was carried out by Google, Lumen, Shadowserver, the FBI, and others, and marks a continuation of the IPIDEA proxy network disruption from January
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