US Treasury Sanctions First VPN Service that Helped Ransomware Actors Attack Organizations

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on First VPN Service (1VPNS), a VPN provider accused of supplying infrastructure to ransomware groups targeting American organizations. The action also targets 1VPNS administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi and malware-obfuscation service provider Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev. According to the Treasury, ransomware operators used 1VPNS infrastructure to conceal their origin, deploy malicious payloads, and manage stolen data during extortion operations. Victims reportedly included U.S. businesses, financial-services firms, hospitals, and municipal governments. The ransomware activity caused billions of dollars in losses across U.S....

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