Cybercriminals’ Favorite VPN Service Rendered ‘Inaccessible’ in a Joint Operation Conducted by Europol and the FBI.
Operation Nova
Safe-Inet is a virtual private network (VPN) that the world’s most notorious cyber criminals were using to perform their malicious digital activities. Reportedly, this particular VPN has been taken down and rendered inaccessible by law enforcement authorities from around the world in a well-coordinated operation.
The operation, dubbed Operation Nova; was headed by officials from the German Reutlingen Police Headquarters and supervised by Europol and international law enforcement agencies, including the US, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands.
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The operation was conducted under the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) framework.
Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) was also overseeing the investigation from the beginning and brought together agencies from different countries to develop a joint strategy and exchange information/evidence to prepare for the final takedown.
Reutlingen Police Headquarters’ Police President Udo Vogel thanked the international cooperation against a widely used VPN.
“The investigation carried out by our cybercrime specialists has resulted in such a success thanks to the excellent international cooperation with partners worldwide. The results show that law enforcement authorities are equally as well connected as criminals,” said Vogel
Several Domains Seized
Matthew Schneider, US attorney, announced in a Department of Justice press release that the FBI has worked with the European agencies to take down a VPN. The domains were offered by an organization involved in bulletproof hosting to assist cyber c ..
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