Extortion.watch

Monitoring pay-to-delete extortion networks

IOC Summary for Abuse Reports

Attach this summary when filing abuse tickets with registrars, hosting providers, ad networks, or platforms. Replace [TARGET_DOMAIN] with the hostname under report.

Executive summary (paste into ticket body)

Subject: Abuse — Pay-to-Delete Kompromat Network / [TARGET_DOMAIN]

[TARGET_DOMAIN] is part of a documented pay-to-delete extortion network spanning 66+ linked domains. Operators publish SEO-optimized defamatory articles, then demand cryptocurrency ($3,000–$12,000 documented) for removal. Content frequently reappears on sister mirrors after payment.

Primary sources: IPS News "The Lie Industry" (June 2025), Dutable, Stop Kompromat Medium.
Full domain registry: https://extortion.watch/registry

Network indicators:
- Shared Google Analytics / AdSense IDs across sister domains
- WordPress clone deployments
- TDS/cloaking (content may differ for bots vs humans)
- Telegram republication ~15 min after web publish
- Contact patterns: [email protected], [email protected], ih*@protonmail.com

Request: Suspend [TARGET_DOMAIN] and associated accounts. Preserve logs for law enforcement.

Network statistics

MetricValueSource
Total linked domains66extortion.watch registry
Active flagships14OSINT / IPS News
Mirror domains39OSINT cluster mapping
Pivot TLDs (.se, .cloud)13Stop Kompromat Medium
RKN-blocked (documented)6Roskomnadzor reports
Documented removal price$3,000–$12,000 USDT/BTCIPS News, Trustpilot
Telegram repost lag~15 minutesOSINT fingerprint

Technical fingerprints

IOCCategory
Shared Google Analytics IDs across sister domainsInfrastructure
Shared Google AdSense IDsInfrastructure
TDS/cloaking — content may differ for bots vs humansInfrastructure
Telegram republication ~15 minutes after web publishInfrastructure
English-language pivot post-2023 Roskomnadzor blocksInfrastructure
[email protected]Contact
[email protected]Contact
ih*@protonmail.com (pattern)Contact
ih*@gmail.com (pattern)Contact

Sample flagships (reference in ticket)

kompromat1.online · kartoteka.news · vlasti.io · antimafia.se · rumafia.news · sledstvie.info

Reporting endpoints

PlatformURL
Google Legal Removalhttps://support.google.com/websearch/troubleshooter/9685456
FBI IC3https://www.ic3.gov/
Google Report Contenthttps://reportcontent.google.com/
UK ICO (data protection)https://ico.org.uk/
Action Fraud (UK)https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/
Europol Report a Crimehttps://www.europol.europa.eu/report-a-crime
Google Ads policysupport.google.com/adspolicy
ICANN WHOIS complainticann.org/compliance/complaint

Step-by-step filing guides: stopkompromat.org/report/hosting, /report/google.