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Hello LET 👋

Our WORLD Sale is live at Just.Hosting.

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Promo codes WORLD30X and WORLD20X work the same way: the discount remains active on renewals as long as the service stays active.


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Plan CPU RAM NVMe Port Regular price Price with WORLD6
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Plan CPU RAM NVMe Port Regular price Price with WORLD30X
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Arcturus 1 core 2 GB 30 GB 300 Mbps $20.76 / 3 mo ($6.92/mo) $14.53 / 3 mo ($4.84/mo)
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Alpha Centauri 2 cores 2 GB 40 GB 400 Mbps $8.99/mo $7.19/mo

Promotion terms

  • Valid through July 31, 2026
  • Available in selected locations only
  • Applies to all IPv4 + IPv6 plans
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  • Promo codes do not apply to the VPS configurator
  • Promo codes cannot be combined with other discounts
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Comments

  • High end deals

  • zGatozGato Member
    edited July 17

    Is it really normal for a provider to sniff all their customers traffic to check where you connect to? And suspend their service until you "resolve" the incident?

    This is some crazy bs.

    tagging @forest, you might be interested in this lol.

  • KillixKillix Member

    @zGato said:
    Is it really normal for a provider to sniff all their customers traffic to check where you connect to? And suspend their service until you "resolve" the incident?

    This is some crazy bs.

    tagging @forest, you might be interested in this lol.

    Same her (for 2x VPS):

    But that also contradicts my experience with their support... they don't have a clue what they do (technical). This is my fourth abuse report in a short period of time, and they're all a complete joke. I also have quite a few VPS :D at various hosting providers, and so far I've only had problems with JustHost.

    Thanked by 3oloke zGato xdb
  • zedzed Member

    you will only use these resources to connect to known-good destinations sir.

    Thanked by 3xdb Egyarmy Peppery9
  • MumblyMumbly Member

    @Killix said: But that also contradicts my experience with their support... they don't have a clue what they do (technical).

    That's also my experience. Among all of my providers throughout the two decades, they have had some of the least competent technical knowledge. Their ONLY support consists of "switch IP, it's free and it will work," although the issue has nothing to do with the IP. You can go back and forth with them and solve absolutely nothing.

    Thanked by 2Killix zGato
  • TimboJonesTimboJones Member
    edited July 17

    @harvindersingh said:
    High end deals

    In what way? I wouldn't buy a 300Mbps server 10+ years ago let alone 2026.

    Edit: did I miss obvious sarcasm? :facepalm:

  • @TimboJones said:

    @harvindersingh said:
    High end deals

    In what way? I wouldn't buy a 300Mbps server 10+ years ago let alone 2026.

    Edit: did I miss obvious sarcasm? :facepalm:

    I am referring to the pricing in this deal is no really low end…

    Thanked by 1TimboJones
  • @harvindersingh said:

    @TimboJones said:

    @harvindersingh said:
    High end deals

    In what way? I wouldn't buy a 300Mbps server 10+ years ago let alone 2026.

    Edit: did I miss obvious sarcasm? :facepalm:

    I am referring to the pricing in this deal is no really low end…

    Ah, I can see that now.

  • gatewaysentryllcgatewaysentryllc Member, Patron Provider
    edited July 17

    @antonpa said:

    Hello LET 👋

    Our WORLD Sale is live at Just.Hosting.

    Deploy your VPS today and get up to 40% off in 16 selected locations. Choose a one-time 40% discount or a recurring discount that remains active on renewals.

    The offer is valid through July 31, 2026.


    📍 Promo locations

    🇳🇱 Amsterdam — AMS3
    🇸🇪 Stockholm — STO2
    🇦🇱 Tirana — TIA1
    🇱🇹 Vilnius — VNO1
    🇧🇬 Sofia — SOF2
    🇫🇮 Helsinki — HEL1
    🇨🇦 Toronto — YTO1
    🇺🇸 New York — NYC1
    🇺🇸 Seattle — SEA1
    🇮🇪 Dublin — DUB1
    🇺🇸 Los Angeles — QLA1
    🇪🇸 Madrid — MAD1, MAD2
    🇮🇹 Palermo — PMO1
    🇧🇪 Brussels — BRU2
    🇺🇸 San Jose — SJC1


    🔍 Test network / Looking Glass

    https://just.hosting/looking-glass


    🏷️ Promo codes

    WORLD6 — 40% off the first billing period when ordering for 6 months or longer.

    WORLD30X — recurring 30% discount on new orders with a billing period of 3 months or longer and all subsequent renewals.

    WORLD20X — recurring 20% discount on new orders and all subsequent renewals.

    Promo codes WORLD30X and WORLD20X work the same way: the discount remains active on renewals as long as the service stays active.


    WORLD6 — 40% off for 6 months

    The discount applies to the first paid billing period.

    Plan CPU RAM NVMe Port Regular price Price with WORLD6
    Sirius 1 core 1 GB 20 GB 300 Mbps $29.10 / 6 mo ($4.85/mo) $17.46 / 6 mo ($2.91/mo)
    Arcturus 1 core 2 GB 30 GB 300 Mbps $41.52 / 6 mo ($6.92/mo) $24.91 / 6 mo ($4.15/mo)
    Alpha Centauri 2 cores 2 GB 40 GB 400 Mbps $53.94 / 6 mo ($8.99/mo) $32.36 / 6 mo ($5.39/mo)

    WORLD30X — recurring 30% discount

    Available for orders with a billing period of 3 months or longer. The discount also applies to all subsequent renewals.

    Plan CPU RAM NVMe Port Regular price Price with WORLD30X
    Sirius 1 core 1 GB 20 GB 300 Mbps $14.55 / 3 mo ($4.85/mo) $10.18 / 3 mo ($3.39/mo)
    Arcturus 1 core 2 GB 30 GB 300 Mbps $20.76 / 3 mo ($6.92/mo) $14.53 / 3 mo ($4.84/mo)
    Alpha Centauri 2 cores 2 GB 40 GB 400 Mbps $26.97 / 3 mo ($8.99/mo) $18.88 / 3 mo ($6.29/mo)

    WORLD20X — recurring 20% discount

    No minimum billing period. The discount applies to the initial order and all subsequent renewals.

    Plan CPU RAM NVMe Port Regular price Price with WORLD20X
    Sirius 1 core 1 GB 20 GB 300 Mbps $4.85/mo $3.88/mo
    Arcturus 1 core 2 GB 30 GB 300 Mbps $6.92/mo $5.54/mo
    Alpha Centauri 2 cores 2 GB 40 GB 400 Mbps $8.99/mo $7.19/mo

    Promotion terms

    • Valid through July 31, 2026
    • Available in selected locations only
    • Applies to all IPv4 + IPv6 plans
    • Applies to all IPv6-only plans
    • Promo codes do not apply to the VPS configurator
    • Promo codes cannot be combined with other discounts
    • Unmetered fair-share traffic
    • 15-day money-back guarantee

    💳 Accepted payment methods

    Cards: VISA / Mastercard / AMEX / JCB
    E-wallets: PayPal, Alipay, UnionPay
    Crypto: 20+ cryptocurrencies supported
    Other: PerfectMoney, Boleto, PIX


    👉 Just.Hosting

    https://just.hosting

    👉 Telegram

    https://t.me/just_hosting

    Just curious why does 1Gbps Anti DDoS cost, $3333? and 10Gbps Anti DDoS Cost $5000?

  • forestforest Member

    @zGato said:
    Is it really normal for a provider to sniff all their customers traffic to check where you connect to? And suspend their service until you "resolve" the incident?

    This is some crazy bs.

    tagging @forest, you might be interested in this lol.

    I got the exact same thing for the same reason (connecting to a Spamhaus drop IP). It said the services were limited until the issue was resolved, but they were still functioning and did not appear to actually be suspended. After replying to the ticket and explaining that it's a Tor middle relay, the report was quickly removed.

    @antonpa Could you please turn off the filter that attempts to flag connections to Spamhaus drop IPs? There are many legitimate reasons to connect to an IP with a bad reputation.

    Thanked by 2rpqu zGato
  • mp11mp11 Member
    edited July 18

    Based on my research, here's what I found:

    Direct Corporate Affiliation

    No. There is no evidence that just.hosting is corporately affiliated with PQ.Hosting or the.hosting. A user on LowEndTalk explicitly asked the same question and was told directly: "just.hosting is not pq/the/ufo.hosting" [web:1].

    Ownership and Structure

    Just.hosting is operated by Baxet Group Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware, USA, with a Russian legal entity (ООО «БАКСЭТ») based in Kirov, Russia. Baxet Group describes itself as an ecosystem born from JustHost that now encompasses multiple hosting brands (JustHost.ru, JustHost.Asia, Just.Hosting, JVPS.Hosting, JustVPS.pro, DigitalCloud.pro), educational platforms, CRM, and VPN services [web:16][web:18][web:20][web:21][web:23].

    PQ.Hosting (now the.hosting) was a Moldovan company (PQ HOSTING PLUS S.R.L.) founded by brothers Ivan and Iurie Neculiti in 2019. It was sanctioned by the EU in May 2025 for its links to Russia's hybrid warfare efforts and then rebranded to the.hosting under a Dutch shell entity called WorkTitans B.V. It is closely tied to Stark Industries Solutions Ltd., a UK-registered bulletproof hosting provider sanctioned by the EU [web:12][web:46][web:55].

    Network-Level Connection

    Here's where it gets interesting. Despite being separate companies, they are directly interconnected at the BGP level:

    Entity ASN Registry Relationship
    Baxet Group / just.hosting AS26383 (ASNET) ARIN Peers with AS44477
    PQ HOSTING PLUS S.R.L. / the.hosting AS44477 (THE-HOSTING) RIPE Peers with AS26383
    WorkTitans B.V. (the.hosting's Dutch shell) AS209847 RIPE Peers with both AS26383 and AS44477

    AS44477 (PQ Hosting) is listed as one of AS26383's (Baxet Group's) upstream carriers, and they share AS209847 (WorkTitans B.V.) as a common peer [web:35][web:58]. This is a direct network interconnection — they exchange traffic with each other.

    Shared Russian Origins

    Both entities have Russian roots:

    • Baxet Group is described in their own Russian-language materials as "как российская группа хостингов" (a Russian hosting group) that grew internationally [web:20]
    • PQ.Hosting was founded by Moldovan brothers with ties to Russian operations, and Stark Industries materialized "two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine" in 2022 [web:46]
    • Both operate in the same low-cost VPS market with nearly identical service offerings (KVM VPS, DDoS protection, 40+ countries, crypto payments)

    Stark Industries / Sanctions Context

    The Recorded Future report on Stark Industries Solutions details how PQ.Hosting rebranded to the.hosting to evade EU sanctions, transferring assets to WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847). WorkTitans was found to be connected to MIRhosting, operated by Andrey Nesterenko from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. MIRhosting was identified as "a second critical pillar of Stark's network" [web:46].

    Notably, WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) peers with both AS26383 (Baxet/just.hosting) and AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) [web:58], placing all three entities in the same network neighborhood.

    Verdict

    While just.hosting (Baxet Group) and PQ.Hosting/the.hosting are separate corporate entities with different ownership, they are:

    • BGP peers with direct network interconnections
    • Both Russian-origin hosting groups operating internationally
    • Part of the same network ecosystem that includes WorkTitans B.V. and other Russian-linked infrastructure
    • Operating in the same market segment with similar service models

    The network-level relationship (direct BGP peering, shared upstreams) is notable but is not, by itself, evidence of shared ownership or operational control. The corporate structures, legal entities, and ownership are distinct — Baxet Group (Delaware/Russia) vs. the Neculiti brothers' Moldovan/Dutch operations tied to Stark Industries.


    Traffic Collection & Network Activity Report

    just.hosting (Baxet Group / AS26383) vs PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (AS44477 / AS209847)

    Date: July 18, 2026


    Executive Summary

    Both networks exhibit significant malicious traffic activity — including scanning, abuse reports, and fraud risk classifications — though the nature and severity of their traffic collection activities differ substantially. PQ.Hosting/the.hosting (Stark Industries) has been directly tied to large-scale scanning and cyberattack infrastructure, while Baxet Group (just.hosting) shows medium fraud risk with notable abuse reports but no direct evidence of state-sponsored traffic interception.


    PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (Stark Industries)

    Sanctioned, Seized, Still Scanning

    Ellio Technologies published a detailed report titled "Sanctioned, Seized, Still Scanning: Inside a Russian Bulletproof Hosting Network Targeting the EU" documenting the following [web:75]:

    • On May 18, 2026, Dutch FIOD investigators seized 800+ servers from Stark Industries' infrastructure and arrested two individuals [web:82]
    • Despite the seizure, scanning activity did not stop — Ellio had been monitoring the network for a year prior and observed persistent scanning even after the takedown [web:75]
    • The network was used to power DDoS attacks on European governments, including attacks on the Danish election infrastructure [web:82]
    • The EU sanctioned the network on May 20, 2025, under Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642, targeting Ivan Neculiti and Iurie Neculiti for their role in enabling Russian cyber operations [web:51][web:46]

    Scanning and Exploitation Activity

    • Stark Industries' infrastructure was observed performing mass scanning of EU networks, including vulnerability scanning and exploitation attempts [web:75]
    • The network functioned as a bulletproof hosting platform enabling ransomware, phishing, malware distribution, and data theft operations [web:83]
    • After EU sanctions, infrastructure was migrated to UFO Hosting LLC and rebranded through WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) to maintain operations [web:48][web:46]
    • Recorded Future's Insikt Group confirmed that Stark anticipated the sanctions and deliberately restructured its operations beforehand, transferring IP prefixes and ASN records [web:44][web:19]

    MIRhosting as Second Pillar

    • WorkTitans B.V. was connected to MIRhosting, operated by Andrey Nesterenko from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia [web:46]
    • MIRhosting was identified as "a second critical pillar of Stark's network" [web:46]
    • WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) peers with both AS26383 (Baxet/just.hosting) and AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) [web:58]

    just.hosting / Baxet Group (AS26383)

    Fraud Risk Classification

    • Scamalytics classifies Baxet Group Inc. as a "potentially medium fraud risk" ISP, meaning web traffic from this ISP "potentially poses a medium risk of being fraudulent" [web:98]

    Abuse Reports

    • AS26383 has active abuse reports on AbuseIPDB — individual IPs have been reported thousands of times (e.g., 2.58.95.67 was reported 2,523 times) [web:109]
    • CleanTalk maintains spam and abuse statistics for multiple AS26383 subnets, showing active spam and abuse activity across the network [web:96][web:103][web:106][web:108]
    • The verified abuse contact for Baxet Group is [email protected] [web:102]

    Network Profile

    • AS26383 is a 3-year-old BGP network peering with 19 other networks and 18 upstream carriers, announcing 302 IPv4 and 47 IPv6 prefixes [web:29]
    • The network has presence in multiple countries including Poland (Warsaw), Netherlands, UAE, and others [web:39][web:96]
    • RIPEstat shows 100% visibility to RIS peers for both IPv4 and IPv6 [web:89]

    No Direct Evidence of State-Sponsored Traffic Collection

    • Unlike Stark Industries/PQ.Hosting, there is no direct evidence in public threat intelligence reports linking Baxet Group to state-sponsored traffic interception, DPI surveillance, or systematic traffic collection for intelligence purposes
    • The abuse activity appears to be standard hosting provider abuse (spam, scanning, compromised hosts) rather than coordinated traffic collection operations

    Shared Network-Level Observations

    BGP Interconnections

    Relationship AS26383 (Baxet) AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) AS209847 (WorkTitans)
    Peers with AS26383
    Peers with AS44477
    Peers with AS209847
    Shared upstreams Multiple common carriers Multiple common carriers Common carrier set
    • All three ASNs form a directly interconnected BGP cluster [web:35][web:58]
    • This means traffic flowing through any of these networks can potentially transit through the others

    Traffic Transit Implications

    The direct BGP peering between these networks has significant implications:

    • Traffic between just.hosting customers and the broader internet may transit through PQ.Hosting/the.hosting infrastructure (AS44477) and vice versa
    • Given Stark Industries' documented scanning and traffic collection activities, any traffic transiting AS44477 could potentially be observed by that network's infrastructure
    • The WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) link provides a common transit point between both ecosystems

    Threat Intelligence Summary

    Metric Baxet Group (AS26383) PQ.Hosting / Stark (AS44477)
    Fraud Risk Medium [web:98] High (sanctioned) [web:46]
    Scanning Activity Abuse reports exist [web:109] Documented mass scanning of EU [web:75]
    Sanctions None found EU sanctions (May 2025) [web:51]
    Law Enforcement None found 800+ servers seized (May 2026) [web:82]
    State-Sponsored Links No direct evidence Tied to Russian cyber operations [web:46]
    Abuse Reports 2,500+ per IP [web:109] Extensive [web:54]
    Traffic Collection No evidence of systematic collection Documented scanning + surveillance [web:75]

    Conclusions

    PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (Stark Industries)

    This network is a confirmed bulletproof hosting provider with documented traffic collection activities including mass scanning, vulnerability probing, and enabling of cyberattacks against EU infrastructure. The Ellio Technologies report confirms that even after seizure of 800+ servers, scanning continued — suggesting distributed traffic collection infrastructure [web:75][web:82].

    just.hosting / Baxet Group

    This network shows medium fraud risk with significant abuse reports but no direct evidence of systematic traffic collection or state-sponsored surveillance. However, its direct BGP peering with AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) and AS209847 (WorkTitans) means that traffic transiting the Baxet network could potentially be observed by Stark Industries infrastructure.

    The Interconnection Risk

    The most concerning finding is the direct BGP interconnection between all three networks. While this does not prove coordinated traffic collection, it creates a scenario where:

    1. Traffic from just.hosting customers may transit through sanctioned Stark Industries infrastructure
    2. The WorkTitans B.V. entity provides a common transit point between both ecosystems
    3. Both networks share Russian origins and operate in the same market segment
  • mp11mp11 Member

    Recommendation: If you are routing traffic through or hosting on any of these networks, assume that traffic may be observable by entities linked to Russian cyber operations. Use end-to-end encryption (WireGuard, IPSec) regardless of which provider you use, and avoid these networks entirely for sensitive infrastructure.


    Sources

  • forestforest Member
    edited July 18

    @mp11 said:
    [slop]

    What is this AI slop shit? That's a lot of words to say "no they have nothing to do with each other, but in some locations they have ASNs that are peers". Big fucking whoop. They have lots of peers.

  • mp11mp11 Member

    so why they still peer with WorkTitans B.V.?

  • forestforest Member

    @mp11 said:
    so why they still peer with WorkTitans B.V.?

    Because lots of entities peer with them? I mean I'd rather they don't sure, but they have a lot of obscure locations, so certainly there is going to be at least some overlap.

  • mp11mp11 Member
    edited July 18

    ridiculous here, link to the AI slop report:

    https://www.perplexity.ai/search/cdf561b5-e089-47b5-9127-ce106760b7e5

    I hope links are still allowed here or will I now get banned?

  • @mp11 said:
    Based on my research, here's what I found:

    Direct Corporate Affiliation

    No. There is no evidence that just.hosting is corporately affiliated with PQ.Hosting or the.hosting. A user on LowEndTalk explicitly asked the same question and was told directly: "just.hosting is not pq/the/ufo.hosting" [web:1].

    Ownership and Structure

    Just.hosting is operated by Baxet Group Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware, USA, with a Russian legal entity (ООО «БАКСЭТ») based in Kirov, Russia. Baxet Group describes itself as an ecosystem born from JustHost that now encompasses multiple hosting brands (JustHost.ru, JustHost.Asia, Just.Hosting, JVPS.Hosting, JustVPS.pro, DigitalCloud.pro), educational platforms, CRM, and VPN services [web:16][web:18][web:20][web:21][web:23].

    PQ.Hosting (now the.hosting) was a Moldovan company (PQ HOSTING PLUS S.R.L.) founded by brothers Ivan and Iurie Neculiti in 2019. It was sanctioned by the EU in May 2025 for its links to Russia's hybrid warfare efforts and then rebranded to the.hosting under a Dutch shell entity called WorkTitans B.V. It is closely tied to Stark Industries Solutions Ltd., a UK-registered bulletproof hosting provider sanctioned by the EU [web:12][web:46][web:55].

    Network-Level Connection

    Here's where it gets interesting. Despite being separate companies, they are directly interconnected at the BGP level:

    Entity ASN Registry Relationship
    Baxet Group / just.hosting AS26383 (ASNET) ARIN Peers with AS44477
    PQ HOSTING PLUS S.R.L. / the.hosting AS44477 (THE-HOSTING) RIPE Peers with AS26383
    WorkTitans B.V. (the.hosting's Dutch shell) AS209847 RIPE Peers with both AS26383 and AS44477

    AS44477 (PQ Hosting) is listed as one of AS26383's (Baxet Group's) upstream carriers, and they share AS209847 (WorkTitans B.V.) as a common peer [web:35][web:58]. This is a direct network interconnection — they exchange traffic with each other.

    Shared Russian Origins

    Both entities have Russian roots:

    • Baxet Group is described in their own Russian-language materials as "как российская группа хостингов" (a Russian hosting group) that grew internationally [web:20]
    • PQ.Hosting was founded by Moldovan brothers with ties to Russian operations, and Stark Industries materialized "two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine" in 2022 [web:46]
    • Both operate in the same low-cost VPS market with nearly identical service offerings (KVM VPS, DDoS protection, 40+ countries, crypto payments)

    Stark Industries / Sanctions Context

    The Recorded Future report on Stark Industries Solutions details how PQ.Hosting rebranded to the.hosting to evade EU sanctions, transferring assets to WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847). WorkTitans was found to be connected to MIRhosting, operated by Andrey Nesterenko from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. MIRhosting was identified as "a second critical pillar of Stark's network" [web:46].

    Notably, WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) peers with both AS26383 (Baxet/just.hosting) and AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) [web:58], placing all three entities in the same network neighborhood.

    Verdict

    While just.hosting (Baxet Group) and PQ.Hosting/the.hosting are separate corporate entities with different ownership, they are:

    • BGP peers with direct network interconnections
    • Both Russian-origin hosting groups operating internationally
    • Part of the same network ecosystem that includes WorkTitans B.V. and other Russian-linked infrastructure
    • Operating in the same market segment with similar service models

    The network-level relationship (direct BGP peering, shared upstreams) is notable but is not, by itself, evidence of shared ownership or operational control. The corporate structures, legal entities, and ownership are distinct — Baxet Group (Delaware/Russia) vs. the Neculiti brothers' Moldovan/Dutch operations tied to Stark Industries.


    Traffic Collection & Network Activity Report

    just.hosting (Baxet Group / AS26383) vs PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (AS44477 / AS209847)

    Date: July 18, 2026


    Executive Summary

    Both networks exhibit significant malicious traffic activity — including scanning, abuse reports, and fraud risk classifications — though the nature and severity of their traffic collection activities differ substantially. PQ.Hosting/the.hosting (Stark Industries) has been directly tied to large-scale scanning and cyberattack infrastructure, while Baxet Group (just.hosting) shows medium fraud risk with notable abuse reports but no direct evidence of state-sponsored traffic interception.


    PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (Stark Industries)

    Sanctioned, Seized, Still Scanning

    Ellio Technologies published a detailed report titled "Sanctioned, Seized, Still Scanning: Inside a Russian Bulletproof Hosting Network Targeting the EU" documenting the following [web:75]:

    • On May 18, 2026, Dutch FIOD investigators seized 800+ servers from Stark Industries' infrastructure and arrested two individuals [web:82]
    • Despite the seizure, scanning activity did not stop — Ellio had been monitoring the network for a year prior and observed persistent scanning even after the takedown [web:75]
    • The network was used to power DDoS attacks on European governments, including attacks on the Danish election infrastructure [web:82]
    • The EU sanctioned the network on May 20, 2025, under Council Regulation (EU) 2024/2642, targeting Ivan Neculiti and Iurie Neculiti for their role in enabling Russian cyber operations [web:51][web:46]

    Scanning and Exploitation Activity

    • Stark Industries' infrastructure was observed performing mass scanning of EU networks, including vulnerability scanning and exploitation attempts [web:75]
    • The network functioned as a bulletproof hosting platform enabling ransomware, phishing, malware distribution, and data theft operations [web:83]
    • After EU sanctions, infrastructure was migrated to UFO Hosting LLC and rebranded through WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) to maintain operations [web:48][web:46]
    • Recorded Future's Insikt Group confirmed that Stark anticipated the sanctions and deliberately restructured its operations beforehand, transferring IP prefixes and ASN records [web:44][web:19]

    MIRhosting as Second Pillar

    • WorkTitans B.V. was connected to MIRhosting, operated by Andrey Nesterenko from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia [web:46]
    • MIRhosting was identified as "a second critical pillar of Stark's network" [web:46]
    • WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) peers with both AS26383 (Baxet/just.hosting) and AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) [web:58]

    just.hosting / Baxet Group (AS26383)

    Fraud Risk Classification

    • Scamalytics classifies Baxet Group Inc. as a "potentially medium fraud risk" ISP, meaning web traffic from this ISP "potentially poses a medium risk of being fraudulent" [web:98]

    Abuse Reports

    • AS26383 has active abuse reports on AbuseIPDB — individual IPs have been reported thousands of times (e.g., 2.58.95.67 was reported 2,523 times) [web:109]
    • CleanTalk maintains spam and abuse statistics for multiple AS26383 subnets, showing active spam and abuse activity across the network [web:96][web:103][web:106][web:108]
    • The verified abuse contact for Baxet Group is [email protected] [web:102]

    Network Profile

    • AS26383 is a 3-year-old BGP network peering with 19 other networks and 18 upstream carriers, announcing 302 IPv4 and 47 IPv6 prefixes [web:29]
    • The network has presence in multiple countries including Poland (Warsaw), Netherlands, UAE, and others [web:39][web:96]
    • RIPEstat shows 100% visibility to RIS peers for both IPv4 and IPv6 [web:89]

    No Direct Evidence of State-Sponsored Traffic Collection

    • Unlike Stark Industries/PQ.Hosting, there is no direct evidence in public threat intelligence reports linking Baxet Group to state-sponsored traffic interception, DPI surveillance, or systematic traffic collection for intelligence purposes
    • The abuse activity appears to be standard hosting provider abuse (spam, scanning, compromised hosts) rather than coordinated traffic collection operations

    Shared Network-Level Observations

    BGP Interconnections

    Relationship AS26383 (Baxet) AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) AS209847 (WorkTitans)
    Peers with AS26383
    Peers with AS44477
    Peers with AS209847
    Shared upstreams Multiple common carriers Multiple common carriers Common carrier set
    • All three ASNs form a directly interconnected BGP cluster [web:35][web:58]
    • This means traffic flowing through any of these networks can potentially transit through the others

    Traffic Transit Implications

    The direct BGP peering between these networks has significant implications:

    • Traffic between just.hosting customers and the broader internet may transit through PQ.Hosting/the.hosting infrastructure (AS44477) and vice versa
    • Given Stark Industries' documented scanning and traffic collection activities, any traffic transiting AS44477 could potentially be observed by that network's infrastructure
    • The WorkTitans B.V. (AS209847) link provides a common transit point between both ecosystems

    Threat Intelligence Summary

    Metric Baxet Group (AS26383) PQ.Hosting / Stark (AS44477)
    Fraud Risk Medium [web:98] High (sanctioned) [web:46]
    Scanning Activity Abuse reports exist [web:109] Documented mass scanning of EU [web:75]
    Sanctions None found EU sanctions (May 2025) [web:51]
    Law Enforcement None found 800+ servers seized (May 2026) [web:82]
    State-Sponsored Links No direct evidence Tied to Russian cyber operations [web:46]
    Abuse Reports 2,500+ per IP [web:109] Extensive [web:54]
    Traffic Collection No evidence of systematic collection Documented scanning + surveillance [web:75]

    Conclusions

    PQ.Hosting / the.hosting (Stark Industries)

    This network is a confirmed bulletproof hosting provider with documented traffic collection activities including mass scanning, vulnerability probing, and enabling of cyberattacks against EU infrastructure. The Ellio Technologies report confirms that even after seizure of 800+ servers, scanning continued — suggesting distributed traffic collection infrastructure [web:75][web:82].

    just.hosting / Baxet Group

    This network shows medium fraud risk with significant abuse reports but no direct evidence of systematic traffic collection or state-sponsored surveillance. However, its direct BGP peering with AS44477 (PQ/the.hosting) and AS209847 (WorkTitans) means that traffic transiting the Baxet network could potentially be observed by Stark Industries infrastructure.

    The Interconnection Risk

    The most concerning finding is the direct BGP interconnection between all three networks. While this does not prove coordinated traffic collection, it creates a scenario where:

    1. Traffic from just.hosting customers may transit through sanctioned Stark Industries infrastructure
    2. The WorkTitans B.V. entity provides a common transit point between both ecosystems
    3. Both networks share Russian origins and operate in the same market segment

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  • forestforest Member
    edited July 19

    Just got another report:

    [THREAT REPORT]
    VM ID: 1075861
    VM IPs: 2605:e440:a::9e, 192.124.172.32
    Anomaly: Malicious IP Destination
    Severity: HIGH
    Hypervisor: cn340
    Reason: destination listed on spamhaus_drop_v4 [destination-reputation], risk score 1.25
    Evidence: Local VM 192.124.172.32 connected to known-bad destination 158.173.51.23 (listed on spamhaus_drop_v4) — 8 connection(s) in window.
    

    The "known-bad destination" IP, 158.173.51.23, is a Tor exit relay. It's expected that a middle relay will be connecting to an exit relay. I can't imagine how many false positive warnings must be flooding his inbox right now.

    Edit: And now I received an additional two.

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  • forestforest Member
    edited July 19

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

  • forestforest Member

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

  • KillixKillix Member

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    I'm currently on the fourth :*

    It's basically impossible to run any public services on their VPS unless they change their way of dealing with abuse report.

  • forestforest Member

    @Killix said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    I'm currently on the fourth :*

    It's basically impossible to run any public services on their VPS unless they change their way of dealing with abuse report.

    Are your VPSes getting suspended or is it just a warning that the services are "limited" but still operational?

  • KillixKillix Member

    @forest said:

    @Killix said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    I'm currently on the fourth :*

    It's basically impossible to run any public services on their VPS unless they change their way of dealing with abuse report.

    Are your VPSes getting suspended or is it just a warning that the services are "limited" but still operational?

    My VPS is still active, but I'm not sure if the suspension itself might have to be done manually, and they just haven't done it yet (?). At least I don't see any pattern yet as to what criteria determine whether an VPS is suspended.

  • forestforest Member

    @Killix said:

    @forest said:

    @Killix said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    I'm currently on the fourth :*

    It's basically impossible to run any public services on their VPS unless they change their way of dealing with abuse report.

    Are your VPSes getting suspended or is it just a warning that the services are "limited" but still operational?

    My VPS is still active, but I'm not sure if the suspension itself might have to be done manually, and they just haven't done it yet (?). At least I don't see any pattern yet as to what criteria determine whether an VPS is suspended.

    I've stopped getting the notifications and all the options to contest the notifications appear to have been deleted, so I suspect the owner realized how many false positives there were and disabled it.

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  • antonpaantonpa Member, Patron Provider

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    Hello. We have checked your account: previous notifications were cleared, but outbound activity to IP addresses on the Spamhaus DROP list was subsequently detected again.
    To prevent new notifications from being generated, we recommend checking the settings of Tor, I2P, and other services, as well as restricting connections to such addresses via your firewall. As long as these connections continue, new alerts will be generated.

  • forestforest Member
    edited July 21

    @antonpa said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said:

    @forest said: Edit: And now I received an additional two.

    And now a third fourth.

    Currently up to eight.

    @antonpa Please fix the abuse report system! It's causing heavy false positives.

    Hello. We have checked your account: previous notifications were cleared, but outbound activity to IP addresses on the Spamhaus DROP list was subsequently detected again.
    To prevent new notifications from being generated, we recommend checking the settings of Tor, I2P, and other services, as well as restricting connections to such addresses via your firewall. As long as these connections continue, new alerts will be generated.

    Tor middle relays, by design, need to connect to Tor exits, and exits are on the Spamhaus DROP list. What's happening is completely normal, expected, and benign behavior, and it is not possible to prevent it.

    Is there a reason you believe outbound connections to IPs with poor reputations are suspicious?

    I don't mind the alerts (I can just reply to them each time), but I figure it's got to be a drain on your ticket system.

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  • forestforest Member

    It's probably easy enough to write a script that uses an authentication cookie to automatically reply to the notices with a stock response. All it'd need to do is check the notification text to verify that the destination IP and port correspond to a legitimate Tor exit relay and then auto-reply that it's a false positive.

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @antonpa

    "Boring" questions the answers to which should be in the OP:

    • processor (incl. model)?
    • memory type (DDR3/4/5)?
    • disk type (NVMe, SSD, HDD)?

    As you have many locations potentially with different hardware it also seems acceptable to provide answers with

    • the worst/oldest/slowest
    • plus "average/typical" (i.e. what to expect in any location).

    Ideally of course you should provide concrete info for every location.

    Also note that unless the creepy problems experienced and shown by @zGato and @forest are solved, you are unlikely to sell a lot here.

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  • forestforest Member

    @jsg said: processor (incl. model)?

    Seems different in each location. For me at least:

    • Russia: Intel Xeon E5-2697v2 @ 2.7 GHz (no longer in use)
    • Czechia: Intel Xeon Silver 4316 @ 2.3 GHz (~20% steal under 100% load)
    • Spain: Intel Xeon E5-2697v4 @ 2.3 GHz (<1% CPU steal under 100% load)
    • Brazil: Intel Xeon E5-2699v4 @ 2.2 GHz (no longer available)
    • Singapore: AMD EPYC 7713 @ 2.0 GHz (20% steal under 60% load)
    • Albania: AMD EPYC 7742 @ 2.2 GHz (20% steal under 50% load)

    @jsg said: disk type (NVMe, SSD, HDD)?

    NVMe with throttling applied to 700 MB/s.

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  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @forest said:

    @jsg said: processor (incl. model)?

    Seems different in each location. For me at least:

    • Russia: Intel Xeon E5-2697v2 @ 2.7 GHz (no longer in use)
    • Czechia: Intel Xeon Silver 4316 @ 2.3 GHz (~20% steal under 100% load)
    • Spain: Intel Xeon E5-2697v4 @ 2.3 GHz (<1% CPU steal under 100% load)
    • Brazil: Intel Xeon E5-2699v4 @ 2.2 GHz (no longer available)
    • Singapore: AMD EPYC 7713 @ 2.0 GHz (20% steal under 60% load)
    • Albania: AMD EPYC 7742 @ 2.2 GHz (20% steal under 50% load)

    @jsg said: disk type (NVMe, SSD, HDD)?

    NVMe with throttling applied to 700 MB/s.

    Thank you! That's in the ballpark of what I guessed.

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