United States law enforcement joins international partners to disrupt a VPN service used to facilitate criminal activity. The Safe-Inet, a virtual private network (VPN) service was shut down and its infrastructure seized in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and the United States, declares the Europol.
According to the US Department of Justice, Domain names offered by an organization engaged in “bulletproof hosting” that assisted cyber-criminals were seized and related servers were shut down.
The investigation disclosed that three domains INSORG.ORG; SAFE-INET.COM; SAFE-INET.NET., offered “bulletproof hosting services” to website visitors.
A “bulletproof hosting service” is an online service provided by an individual or an organization that is deliberately designed to provide web hosting or VPN services for criminal activity.
These services are designed to facilitate uninterrupted online criminal activities and to allow customers to operate while evading…