Ars Technica reports Ukranian authorities confiscated unencrypted servers from Canadian virtual private network provider Windscribe. Windscribe acknowledged potential consequences of leaving the servers unsecured, including conditions that would allow a hacker to overtake systems and view web traffic and most messages. Windscribe Director Yegor Sak said no user data "was or is at risk" while noting "security measures that should have been in place were not."
27 July 2021
VPN supplier caught without encryption
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