Treasury sanctions First VPN Service, others for abetting ransomware…

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. If you sell encryption, anonymity or infrastructure tools, Treasury just drew a line: any service marketed to cybercriminals is now a sanctions target, even if the tool itself is legitimate. Audit your customer base and terms of service this week—if you have paying ransomware operators, you're next.