Dutch police seized two VPN servers without explanation
Recently, two European countries, France and Germany, have declared war on encryption in order to force large technology companies to embed encryption backdoors into their secure instant messaging services.
However, in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, they will actively look for cyber criminals. And you know how they do it?
The Dutch police seized two servers belonging to the VPN Perfect Privacy provider as part of the investigation, even without providing any grounds for withdrawal.
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The Swiss VPN provider said they learned about the seizure of servers from i3D, the company that provides hosting servers in Rotterdam.
For those unfamiliar, virtual private networks or VPNs are easy security and privacy tools that allow you to route Internet traffic through remote servers, protecting your browsing, hiding location data, and providing access to blocked resources.
Virtual private networks have now become an excellent tool not only for large companies, but also for individuals, and they help improve privacy and security on the Internet, bypass content restrictions and counter cyber attack threats.
Although many people, including digital activists, journalists and protesters, use them for legitimate purposes, virtual private networks are also used by criminals and hackers (called black hat hackers) to hide their actions from prying eyes and remain anonymous on the Internet.
That is why VPN services are often targeted by police and law enforcement when investigating crimes, it seems that this happened to these two servers belonging to Perfect Privacy.
The VPN provider told its customers that the two servers in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, were seized by the Dutch police on Thursday, August 24, even without trying to contact the company to report a possible investigation or the reason why their servers were withdrawn.
The VPN provider believes that the authorities came directly to i3D with a court order to seize the servers.
Perfect Privacy confirms that the company restored work the day after i3D provided two replacement servers, which means that the withdrawal did not affect the quality of service.
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However, in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, they will actively look for cyber criminals. And you know how they do it?
The Dutch police seized two servers belonging to the VPN Perfect Privacy provider as part of the investigation, even without providing any grounds for withdrawal.
')
The Swiss VPN provider said they learned about the seizure of servers from i3D, the company that provides hosting servers in Rotterdam.
For those unfamiliar, virtual private networks or VPNs are easy security and privacy tools that allow you to route Internet traffic through remote servers, protecting your browsing, hiding location data, and providing access to blocked resources.
Virtual private networks have now become an excellent tool not only for large companies, but also for individuals, and they help improve privacy and security on the Internet, bypass content restrictions and counter cyber attack threats.
Although many people, including digital activists, journalists and protesters, use them for legitimate purposes, virtual private networks are also used by criminals and hackers (called black hat hackers) to hide their actions from prying eyes and remain anonymous on the Internet.
That is why VPN services are often targeted by police and law enforcement when investigating crimes, it seems that this happened to these two servers belonging to Perfect Privacy.
The VPN provider told its customers that the two servers in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, were seized by the Dutch police on Thursday, August 24, even without trying to contact the company to report a possible investigation or the reason why their servers were withdrawn.
The VPN provider believes that the authorities came directly to i3D with a court order to seize the servers.
“We currently have no additional information since the law enforcement agencies did not contact us directly, but we were informed by our hoster,” Perfect Privacy explains. “Since we do not keep any logs, there is currently no reason to believe that any user data has been compromised.”
Perfect Privacy confirms that the company restored work the day after i3D provided two replacement servers, which means that the withdrawal did not affect the quality of service.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/357178/
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