US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs
Getty Images reader comments 17 The US Treasury Department has sanctioned three Chinese nationals for their involvement in a VPN-powered botnet with more than 19 million residential IP addresses they rented out to cybercriminals to obfuscate their illegal activities, including COVID-19 aid scams and bomb threats. The criminal enterprise, the Treasury Department said Tuesday, was… Read More »