Qilin Ransomware’s Resilience Exposed: Bulletproof Hosting Network Underpins Asahi Group Holdings Attack

Resecurity’s HUNTER report exposes the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem and its reliance on a global bulletproof hosting network across Russia, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the UAE; it documents the September 29, 2025 Asahi Group attack that disrupted manufacturing across 30 factories and led to a 27 GB data theft, lists numerous additional victims worldwide, outlines Qilin’s affiliate/double-extortion model and technical footprint, and names BPH providers and shell companies that enable the group’s persistence and evasion of law enforcement.