"VPNLab.net, a VPN provider that was used by malicious actors to deploy ransomware and facilitate other cybercrimes, was taken offline following a coordinated law enforcement operation. Europol said it took action against the misuse of the VPN service by grounding 15 of its servers on January 17 and rendering it inoperable as part of a disruptive action that took place across Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Latvia, Ukraine, the U.S., and the U.K..." https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/europol-shuts-down-vpnlab.html
Mixed feelings here. My vpn1 provider (in my chain) has over ten thousand members connected at this exact instant. I suspect most are like me wanting some very basic privacy and trying to avoid ISP level snooping, etc....... However; obviously with a connection number that large there are several connections which could be/are labelled as "bad actors" whatever that means. Quite often a vpn provider will have to suspend a physical server in a specific country when local law enforcement climbs up in their grill looking for a criminal. Its shocking to shut down a worldwide bank of servers over this. [Popcorn]!!!
