thehackernews.com·May 22, 2026
Authorities in Europe and North America have successfully dismantled a criminal VPN service, known as First VPN Service, used for obscuring the origins of various cybercrimes, as part of Operation Saffron, led by France and the Netherlands.
The dismantling of the First VPN Service through Operation Saffron highlights the critical need for cybersecurity professionals to continuously monitor and disrupt infrastructure used by cybercriminals. For a CISO or SOC team, this underscores the importance of threat intelligence and collaboration with international law enforcement to proactively tackle criminal services that facilitate ransomware and other cyber attacks.