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US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations.

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The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks against U.S. organizations. On Monday, OFAC designated First VPN Service (1VPNS) , a virtual private network provider that sold services to ransomware groups, and its administrator, Dmytro Rashevskyi.

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