[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - As many as 15 server infrastructures were shut down on Monday in a global bust
- German police led the take down of LabVPN and were helped by Britain's NCA
- The NCA said the network was used by criminal gangs with links to cyber attacks
- They 'cause significant economic harm to businesses', but would not say which
LabVPN started in 2008 and allows cyber-criminals to control botnets and malware distribution. It offered VPN services on the Dark Web based on OpenVPN technology and 2048-bit encryption to provide online anonymity for as little as £44 a year. It was a popular choice for cybercriminals, who could use it to hide from the authorities. It was also used to create criminal infrastructure and communicate behind ransomware campaigns.