Police Take First VPN Offline After Five-Year Investigation
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In an international operation on May 19 and 20, the criminal VPN service FirstVPN was taken offline. During the operation, a total of 33 servers linked to the service were dismantled. The suspected administrator was questioned in Ukraine at the request of France.
Europol shut down First VPN as part of Operation Saffron. According to the agency's report, the service seized 33 servers in 27 countries and domains linked to ransomware attacks and other cybercrime. The investigation began in 2021.
First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups
Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks. The disruption of First VPN Service was led by France and the Netherlands, with several other nations supporting the investigation since December
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