News report

# 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

**Address:** [https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/socksescort-proxy-network-op/](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/socksescort-proxy-network-op/)

**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.

## Cited by

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[34 domains](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/socksescort-proxy-network-disruption)

Domains seized, SocksEscort proxy network disruption

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