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When we think of bulletproof hosting, we usually think of shady firms in the style of the Russian Business Network. They were known to dodge all inquiries and take-down notices from governments. They are thus operating in corrupt legislation where such behaviour is accepted. Nowadays, this traditional centralised bulletproof hosting has morphed into a more modern, flexible and elusive style where hosters diversify their footprints across various spaces and jurisdictions and act as dynamic business partners for criminals that want to host illegal content online. Copyright infringement? Not all countries prosecute it. Illegal Porn? Better know the jurisdiction. Stolen data? We have servers in locations where your government won’t be able to reach them. Dhia Mahjoub is the Head of Security Research at Cisco Umbrella, formerly OpenDNS, where he has all the data at his disposal to discover the operation patterns of these modern bulletproof hosters.