Among the seized domains are Sellix.io, an online platform for cross-border financial services, reportedly misused for illicit activities, and StarkRDP.io, an RDP service allegedly used for unauthorized access and system distribution.
According to the notice, the operation was conducted by the FBI with its international partners which included Europol (European Union), Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany), Australian Federal Police (AFP), and Hellenic Police (Greece), among others.
Hack sites confirmed takedown
On 29th January, several X users reported all the seized sites had their nameservers changed to FBI-controlled ns1.fbi.seized.gov/ns2.fbi.seized.gov, without a seizure banner yet. A few hours later, a law enforcement banner started appearing on these sites.