A cybercriminal subscription services responsible for fraud campaigns causing millions of dollars in losses has been disrupted in coordinated action by Microsoft alongside legal partners in the US and, for the first time, the UK. On Wednesday January 14, Microsoft announced it had seized the website and infrastructure of RedVDS, a platform which hosted cybercrime-as-a-service tools for phishing and fraud campaigns, which cost users as little as $24 a month. Despite the low cost of entry, the cybercriminal subscription service is known to have cost victims in the US alone over $40 million since March 2025. These include a cyber-attack against Alabama‑based pharmaceutical company H2-Pharma that caused more than $7.3m in losses and Gatehouse Dock Condominium Association, home association in Florida which lost over $500,000 to RedVDS hosted campaigns. In total, Microsoft has identified nearly 190,000 organizations worldwide which fell victim to RedVDS supported campaigns. The US, Canada and the UK were the most impacted countries.

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