Aeza has been sanctioned by the UK for providing bulletproof hosting for The Social Design Agency (SDA), which is sanctioned by the EU, US, UK, and several other countries.
Unique ID: RUS3052 - Entity
Regime Name: The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze|Trust Services Sanctions|Director Disqualification Sanction|Internet Services Sanctions: see "Other Information" Other Information: Internet Services Sanctions: When an individual or entity is designated for the purposes of this measure, social media services, internet access services and application stores must take reasonable steps to prevent users in the UK from accessing content, sites or applications provided by designated individuals or entities. UK Statement of Reasons: AEZA INTERNATIONAL LTD is an “involved person” under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the basis of the following ground: It is and has been involved in destabilising Ukraine by making available technology that could contribute to destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine through the provision of “bulletproof hosting services” to the Social Design Agency (SDA).
Business Registration Numbers: Company House number: 15109642
Name: AEZA INTERNATIONAL LTD Name Type: Primary Name
MasterCard's threat intel company, Recorded Future made a blog post about Aurologic/Combahton, that goes over Aeza and their other malicious downstreams.
We secured a LES backlink too, as they cited some posts
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Went to access aeza.net and saw this:
Same occurs for aeza.ru, yikes Microsoft!
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Aeza has been sanctioned by the UK for providing bulletproof hosting for The Social Design Agency (SDA), which is sanctioned by the EU, US, UK, and several other countries.
Source: https://docs.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.html
Sanctions (The Social Design Agency):
https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-d3FQdNM59TvJzyw2UsBJKE/
US sanctions (The Social Design Agency):
https://www.opensanctions.org/search/?scope=us_sam_exclusions&q=SOCIAL+DESIGN+AGENCY
MasterCard's threat intel company, Recorded Future made a blog post about Aurologic/Combahton, that goes over Aeza and their other malicious downstreams.
We secured a LES backlink too, as they cited some posts
https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/malicious-infrastructure-finds-stability-with-aurologic-gmbh (archive)
Fresh batch of sanctions against Aeza's new shell companies, and Yalishanda as a bonus.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0319
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2025-11-20/sanctions-imposed-russian-cybercrime-service-providers-malicious-cyber-activity
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-smashes-russian-cybercrime-networks-responsible-for-attacks-on-uk-businesses