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Bulgaria assists in takedown of ‘Islamic State’ propaganda machine – Europol

The Sofia Globe, April 27, 2018. The 25–26 April 2018 multinational action against Islamic State media outlets — Amaq News Agency plus al-Bayan radio, Halumu and Nashir news — and the infrastructure outcome: servers seized in the Netherlands, Canada and the United States, and digital evidence seized in Bulgaria, France and Romania, with Bulgaria's Cybercrime Department in the General Directorate Combating Organised Crime participating..

Source type
News report
Published
April 27, 2018
Research grade
S2
Used in entries
2

Bibliographic record

Publisher
The Sofia Globe
Published
April 27, 2018
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/04/27/bulgaria-assists-in-takedown-of-islamic-state-propaganda-machine-europol/
What it supports
The 25–26 April 2018 multinational action against Islamic State media outlets — Amaq News Agency plus al-Bayan radio, Halumu and Nashir news — and the infrastructure outcome: servers seized in the Netherlands, Canada and the United States, and digital evidence seized in Bulgaria, France and Romania, with Bulgaria's Cybercrime Department in the General Directorate Combating Organised Crime participating.
Dataset id
src_sofiaglobe_is_propaganda_takedown_2018

Research notes

  • Byline: The Sofia Globe staff.
  • Reports Europol's account rather than being a primary Europol release.

How this source is used

Cited 2 times across 2 record types.

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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Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • Server

    Server seized, Amaq propaganda infrastructure takedown

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