Eurojust
Coverage of Eurojust in the Nexus archive.
- Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals "believed themselves to be safe"
European law enforcement agencies successfully dismantled First VPN, a virtual private network service heavily used by cybercriminals for ransomware attacks and data theft. The operation, led by France and the Netherlands with support from Europol and Eurojust, resulted in the identification of thousands of users, shutdown of the service, and arrest of its administrator.
- European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service
European authorities dismantled First VPN, a prominent virtual private network service used extensively by cybercriminals for data theft, fraud, and ransomware attacks. The operation, led by France and the Netherlands with support from Europol and 10 other countries, resulted in the arrest of the alleged administrator in Ukraine, seizure of 33 servers, and access to thousands of user records linked to cybercrime.