Online.nl
| Primary URL | Location | Industry | online[.]nl |
Country
Netherlands
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Telecommunications
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Profile
Online.nl is an Internet Service Provider headquartered in the Netherlands. The organisation operates under the alias Online.nl and provides broadband connectivity to its customers. As an ISP, it delivers internet access services that enable users to connect to the global network. The company’s infrastructure is based in the Netherlands, where it maintains its operational facilities.
The company came to public attention in August 2020 when it was among several ISPs targeted in a coordinated wave of DDoS attacks affecting Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The assault employed DNS amplification and LDAP‑type techniques, reaching a peak volume of approximately 300 Gbit/s. Attackers accompanied the traffic flood with extortion demands payable in Bitcoin, a detail confirmed by Dutch authorities. Despite the scale of the incident, the disruption was mitigated within a single day.
Attribution of the 2020 attack campaign remains unconfirmed, and no further details about the perpetrators have been publicly disclosed. The event highlighted Online.nl’s exposure to large‑scale volumetric threats that target multiple providers simultaneously. No additional information about its ownership structure, parent company or subsidiary relationships is available in the supplied sources.