Europol and FBI take action against Safe-Inet VPN service for helping cybercriminals

Ruheni Mathenge  - Streaming Expert
Last updated: January 15, 2024
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  • Safe-Inet caught for allegedly helping cybercriminals to cover their tracks.
  • FBI and Europol have shut down Safe-Inet services across the U.S. and Europe.
  • As per Europol claims, the cybercriminals, including ransomware operators, held more than 100 firms captive.

It seems the cybercriminals are using VPNs to hide their identity to carry out illicit operations. It’s an alarming situation for VPN providers that are becoming victims of such acts.

Recently, a bulletproof service got shut down for allegedly supporting cybercriminals for keeping their identity secret. FBI and Europol took striking action and shut down ‘Safe-Inet,’ a well-known VPN service that kept its customer’s identities under cover.

Safe-Inet was held accountable for supporting some of the biggest cybercriminals that kept hundreds of companies captive. As per the , the VPN provider concealed logs and kept the traffic moving through a series of VPN connections.