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  1. Europol and Dutch police seized 33 First VPN servers in 27 countries after infiltrating the network and capturing traffic data. 🛡️
    The probe identified 506 users tied to ransomware and fraud, exposing unverifiable “no-log” claims in opaque VPN operations. 🔍

    🔗 deafnews.it/en/article/first-v

    #TechNews #Europol #VPN #Cybercrime #Ransomware #Privacy #Infosec #OpenSource #Linux #Security #Encryption #DataBreach #Dutch #Netherlands #Nederland #EU #Europe #FirstVPN #Policy #Fraud

  2. TechCrunch: Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs. “The FBI said in an alert that First VPN was so popular that ‘at least’ 25 ransomware gangs used the service to hide their malicious activity. Cybercriminals also relied on the VPN to scan the internet, run botnets, launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, and for running scams.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/techcrunch-law-enforcement-shuts-down-vpn-service-used-by-two-dozen-ransomware-gangs/
  3. TechCrunch: Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs. “The FBI said in an alert that First VPN was so popular that ‘at least’ 25 ransomware gangs used the service to hide their malicious activity. Cybercriminals also relied on the VPN to scan the internet, run botnets, launch distributed denial-of-service attacks, and for running scams.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/techcrunch-law-enforcement-shuts-down-vpn-service-used-by-two-dozen-ransomware-gangs/