Eurojust Coordinated Investigation Shuts Down Criminal VPN Network
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The coordinated action took place between May 19th and 20th.
On Tuesday, the French and Dutch judicial authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, dismantled the First VPN service, used by cybercriminals to hide their online identity. This virtual private network, which existed since 2014, allowed its users to hide their connections by redirecting them via third-party servers, making it impossible to identify [...] The article First VPN neutralized: a criminal network dismantled by an international op…
First VPN, a virtual private network popularized by cyber criminals since 2014, was dismantled on May 19, today announced the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office. Thirty-three servers have been seized, and thousands of users are in the investigator's viewfinder.
Eurojust coordinated investigation shuts down criminal VPN network
A joint investigation by the French and Dutch authorities, supported by Eurojust and Europol, has shut down a large-scale criminal virtual private network (VPN) service. The criminal service, known as First VPN, targeted cybercriminals by offering their services and promising a secure environment to carry out illegal activities such as hacking and ransomware attacks. Thanks to a joint action… Source
The First VPN service, used by cybercriminals to conceal their identities, was dismantled on May 19, 2026, in an international operation led by France and the Netherlands. Thirty-three servers were seized, and the main administrator, located in Ukraine, was questioned. […]
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