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Law Enforcement Dismantles SocksEscort Proxy Network in Operation Lightning

Infosecurity Magazine, March 13, 2026. Infrastructure seized against SocksEscort in Operation Lightning: 34 domains and 23 servers located in seven countries, taken down on the 11 March 2026 action day..

Source type
News report
Published
March 13, 2026
Research grade
S2
Used in entries
1

Bibliographic record

Publisher
Infosecurity Magazine
Published
March 13, 2026
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
What it supports
Infrastructure seized against SocksEscort in Operation Lightning: 34 domains and 23 servers located in seven countries, taken down on the 11 March 2026 action day.
Dataset id
src_infosecurity_socksescort_lightning_2026

Research notes

  • By Beth Maundrill.

How this source is used

Cited 1 time across 1 record type.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 34 domains

    Domains seized, SocksEscort proxy network disruption

    Supporting source