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Europe dismantles VPN service used by cybercriminals to hide ransomware attacks

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Feed Name: The Record from Recorded Future News

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-05-20

Date Updated: 2026-05-22

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European law enforcement (led by France and the Netherlands, with involvement from Ukraine and Europol) dismantled 'First VPN', a VPN service marketed to cybercriminals to hide ransomware, fraud, and data theft operations. Investigators seized 33 servers, questioned the administrator, and obtained the service's user database, exposing thousands of users and providing new leads for ongoing criminal investigations.

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