Netherlands' FIOD seized 800 servers and arrested two men linked to Stark Industries web hosting firm supporting sanctioned Russian and Belarusian cyber operations.

Dutch financial crime investigators (FIOD) arrested two men and seized 800 servers linked to Stark Industries, a web hosting company accused of enabling cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns supporting Russian and Belarusian entities sanctioned by the EU. Stark Industries, founded shortly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was sanctioned by the EU on May 20, 2025. The infrastructure was later transferred to a Dutch front company named WorkTitans B.V., operating under THE.Hosting brand and linked to pro-Russian hacktivist group NoName057(16) known for distributed denial-of-service attacks. Operations included raids in multiple data centers in Dronten and Schiphol-Rijk, with additional searches in Enschede and Almere, seizing servers, laptops, phones, and records. Mirhosting, based in Almere, operated the physical servers and network connectivity for Stark’s traffic into Europe. Mirhosting denied knowingly supporting illegal operations.