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LabHost phishing-as-a-service takedown

April 2024, Phishing
Led by Metropolitan Police Service

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Platform infrastructure seized; service taken offline.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not established

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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London Metropolitan Police led a multinational operation involving 19 countries against LabHost, a phishing-as-a-service platform.

Date
April 2024
Target
LabHost, phishing as a service
Activity
Phishing
Operational lead
Met Police
Partners
Europol[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Platform infrastructure seized; service taken offline.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
UK judicial search/seizure authority; coordinated international warrants.
Group accounted for
Not established

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not established

The cited record does not say how large the group was or whether everyone involved has been identified.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    LabHost, one of the biggest phishing services worldwide, taken down

    Europol, April 18, 2024, Source grade P2

    Establishes the 19-country operation against LabHost.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.