SocksEscort Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Several dozen domains seized.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
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Takedown Index
The Internet Takedown Index documents law enforcement seizures, sinkholes, takeovers, and shutdowns of criminal internet infrastructure. Every entry traces to a cited source.
| Takedown | Date | Category | Lead organization | Jurisdiction | Status Derived from the recorded end date. A date in the past reads Completed, no date reads Ongoing. The dataset carries no separate status column. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SocksEscort proxy network disruption ID: td_2026_socksescort | Mar 1, 2026 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
| Cracked and Nulled forums takedown ID: td_2025_cracked_nulled | Jan 30, 2025 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
| LolekHosted seizure ID: td_2023_lolekhosted | Aug 8, 2023 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
| RSOCKS proxy botnet disruption ID: td_2022_rsocks | Jun 1, 2022 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
| VPNLab.net takedown ID: td_2022_vpnlab | Jan 18, 2022 | Criminal hosting and proxies | BKA | Not established | Completed |
| DoubleVPN takedown ID: td_2021_doublevpn | Jun 30, 2021 | Criminal hosting and proxies | Dutch National Police | Not established | Completed |
| Safe-Inet / Insorg VPN takedown ID: td_2020_safe_inet | Dec 22, 2020 | Criminal hosting and proxies | Not established | Not established | Completed |
| DeepDotWeb domain seizure ID: td_2019_deepdotweb | May 7, 2019 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
| Avalanche network takedown ID: td_2016_avalanche | Nov 30, 2016 | Criminal hosting and proxies | Verden Public Prosecutor | International | Completed |
| Darkode forum takedown ID: td_2015_darkode | Jul 15, 2015 | Criminal hosting and proxies | FBI | Not established | Completed |
Showing 1 to 10 of 10 takedowns
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March 2026
January 2025
Cracked and Nulled Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Forum infrastructure seized; sites taken offline.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
August 2023
LolekHosted.net Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Domain and associated hosting infrastructure seized.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
June 2022
RSOCKS Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Backend infrastructure mapped via undercover technical purchases; disruption of the proxy-selling service followed.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
January 2022
VPNLab.net Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- BKA
- Result
- Servers seized in a coordinated multi-country operation.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
June 2021
DoubleVPN Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- Dutch National Police
- Result
- Servers and domains seized.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
December 2020
Safe-Inet (also known as Insorg) Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- Not established
- Result
- VPN service infrastructure and associated domains taken offline.
- Accountability
- No individual outcomes recorded
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
May 2019
DeepDotWeb Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Clearnet domain seized pursuant to US court order.
- Accountability
- 2 apprehended
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
November 2016
Avalanche Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- Verden Public Prosecutor
- Result
- More than 800,000 domains seized, sinkholed, or blocked; 39 servers seized; 37 premises searched.
- Accountability
- 5 apprehended
- Return status
- Later activity recorded, link to the original not established
July 2015
Darkode Criminal hosting and proxies
- Lead
- FBI
- Result
- Forum infrastructure was seized and taken offline; a seizure notice replaced the site.
- Accountability
- 28 apprehended
- Return status
- Not established in the public record
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