European Union sanctions Stark Industries for enabling cyberattacks

The European Union has imposed strict sanctions against web-hosting provider Stark Industries and the two individuals running it, CEO Iurie Neculiti and owner Ivan Neculiti, for enabling “destabilising activities” against the Union. The action is part of the European Council’s effort to protect against Russian hybrid threats. It affects 21 individuals and six entities behind activities that supported or promoted Russia’s foreign policy interests and distributed pro-Russian propaganda through media outlets. Web-hosting service Stark Industries stands out in the Council’s updated list of sanctions. “They have been acting as enablers of various Russian state-sponsored and affiliated actors to conduct destabilising activities including, information manipulation interference and cyber-attacks against the Union and third countries” - Council of the European Union Stark Industries is incorporated in the United Kingdom and provides VPS/VDS servers in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Franc ... Read full article.