The problem

Takedown requests fail because they target the wrong layer.

A bulletproof host’s business model is not answering. Domain-level takedowns get replaced within days. Even ASN-level blocking, independent takedowns and upstream pressure can run for years without meaningfully disrupting a determined operator.

Content-level enforcement treats symptoms — the infrastructure stays intact.
Abuse contacts are the operator, so reports go nowhere by design.
Blocklisting degrades reach but leaves the business running.
Without attribution there is nobody for enforcement or a court to act against.

Xploratio connections graph mapping a bulletproof hosting provider to its ASNs, upstreams and related entities.

How we work it

Four layers, worked in order.

01 · MAP

Scan and map the network

ASN scanning and full network mapping across the operator’s hosting footprint — IP netblocks, upstreams and the wider infrastructure connections that reveal the real shape of the business.

02 · ATTRIBUTE

Put a name to it

Test purchases in crypto or fiat identify and attribute the provider’s accounts and wallet infrastructure. Offshore investigation surfaces the operator’s identity, corporate shell structures and connected companies.

03 · PACKAGE

Build the evidence

A structured intelligence package covering IP ranges across all associated ASNs, assembled under a single case framework with full chain-of-custody tracking — built to survive scrutiny from a compliance team or a court.

04 · ENGAGE

Apply pressure that lands

Coordinated engagement with upstream providers, internet exchange points, LIRs, payment processors and law enforcement — each receiving the part of the package that lets them act.

Deliverables

What lands on your desk.

A full ASN and IP netblock map of the operator’s infrastructure footprint.
Attribution: operator identity, corporate shell structures and connected companies.
Payment and wallet infrastructure identified, attributed and blacklisted where applicable.
Evidence packages structured for upstream engagement, IX and LIR escalation, or legal proceedings.
Every action held under one case framework with chain-of-custody tracking throughout.
Continuous profiling of the ASNs involved, feeding the Xploratio ASN blocklist.

Proof

Two networks we have already taken apart.

A bulletproof host in a sanctioned jurisdiction

Years of Spamhaus ASN-level blocking, independent takedowns and upstream pressure had not disrupted the network. Offshore investigation, crypto test purchases and full ASN mapping produced a package for upstreams, IXs, LIRs and payment processors.

Network activity significantly reduced, observable IOCs degraded, operating costs raised and incoming payment flows constrained.

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Dismantling an entire bulletproof network

A Ukrainian provider had ignored takedown requests for years while hosting ransomware operations, fraud shops and piracy infrastructure. Fiat test purchases plus ASN scanning produced a criminal intelligence case for local law enforcement.

Authorities took down the entire ASN. Multiple high-risk networks remain offline with no re-emergence observed to date.

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Bulletproof hosting disruption.