News report

# 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/](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.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Amaq propaganda infrastructure takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/amaq-propaganda-infrastructure-takedown)

Terrorism and extremism, April 2018

Supporting source

### Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[Server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/amaq-propaganda-infrastructure-takedown)

Server seized, Amaq propaganda infrastructure takedown

Supporting source

[All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)