Ukrainian Authorities Confiscated Unencrypted VPN Servers

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Windscribe, an IT company that sells privacy protection tools, said the VPN servers that were recently seized by Ukrainian authorities, were not encrypted, allowing the government to transfix their servers as well as capture and decrypt communications that went through them, according to Ars Technica. 

The company announced earlier this month that two servers hosted in Ukraine had been seized as part of an investigation into suspicious activity a year ago. Windscribe’s admission highlights the risks associated with the proliferation of VPN services in recent years. The threats linked with the risks are significant, and many business owners have yet to learn about them.

Besides the lack of encryption, the…

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