{"id":8875,"date":"2026-07-14T09:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/u-s-sanctions-first-vpn-service-and-malware-cryptor-seller-over-ransomware-support\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:12:35","slug":"u-s-sanctions-first-vpn-service-and-malware-cryptor-seller-over-ransomware-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/u-s-sanctions-first-vpn-service-and-malware-cryptor-seller-over-ransomware-support\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors&#8217; and other cybercriminals&#8217; malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian\u00a0The U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors&#8217; and other cybercriminals&#8217; malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bThe U.S. Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated two individuals and a VPN service provider for enabling ransomware actors&#8217; and other cybercriminals&#8217; malicious activities, including ransomware attacks against Americans. The VPN, named First VPN Service (1VPNS), has been accused of offering its tools to ransomware groups, along with its 45-year-old Ukrainian\u00a0The&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/14\/u-s-sanctions-first-vpn-service-and-malware-cryptor-seller-over-ransomware-support\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">U.S. Sanctions First VPN Service and Malware Cryptor Seller Over Ransomware Support<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}