First VPN Seized by European Authorities Over Organized Crime Links
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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.
From 19 to 20 May, 33 servers were seized from the service in 27 countries, and the administrator was detained in Ukraine. The operations involved the forces of France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other States. The houses First VPN ("1vpns.com", 1vpns.net", "1vpns.org"), as well as an onion version of the Tor network, were blocked. Instead of the site, the site now features a page on the liquidation of the service by pol…
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