--- title: US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling... description: The U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks on U.S. organizations. First VPN Service (1VPNS), active... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/us-sanctions-vpn-malware-providers-for-enabling-ransomware-attacks-jglt5wkcn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks | daily.dev og:description: The U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks on U.S. organizations. First VPN Service (1VPNS), active... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/us-sanctions-vpn-malware-providers-for-enabling-ransomware-attacks-jglt5wkcn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jglT5WkCn.png og:image:alt: US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # US sanctions VPN, malware providers for enabling ransomware attacks **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctioned two individuals and one entity for enabling ransomware attacks on U.S. organizations. First VPN Service (1VPNS), active since 2014 and known for advertising no-log policies on cybercriminal forums, was designated along with its administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi. The action follows a May takedown of 1VPNS infrastructure by European law enforcement and the FBI under Operation Saffron, which seized 33 servers across 27 countries. Separately, Belarusian national Yegeniy Vladimirovich Silayev was sanctioned for selling cryptors that help malware evade security software. Officials estimate ransomware operations using these services caused billions in losses to U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure. The sanctions were coordinated with the UK, and the EU and UK also jointly sanctioned dozens of Russian individuals and entities linked to cyberattacks across Europe. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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