Treasury sanctions First VPN Service, others for abetting ransomware gangs

The US Treasury sanctioned First VPN Service (1VPNS) and its Ukrainian administrator for providing anonymity infrastructure to ransomware operators; a Belarusian was also sanctioned for selling encryption obfuscation tools (cryptors) to ransomware gangs. The designation marks the first Treasury sanction of a VPN service and follows a May Europol takedown.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity.