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Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, is pictured at its headquarters building on June 24, 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service

Officials arrested the alleged administrator of First VPN, seized its servers and domains. Europol said the service appeared in almost every major recent cybercrime investigation.
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BlackSuit site seizure notice
Seizure notice displayed on BlackSuit’s extortion site. (State Criminal Police Office Lower Saxony, Germany)

Details emerge on BlackSuit ransomware takedown

The Russian cybercrime group attacked more than 180 organizations before members abandoned the brand and dispersed to new ransomware groups earlier this year.
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