On July 13, 2026, OFAC sanctioned the FirstVPN Service (1VPNS), its administrator Dmytro Rashevskyi, and cryptor vendor Yevgeniy Silayev. The action targeted the anonymity and malware-obfuscation services that ransomware groups rely on, rather than a ransomware group itself. TRM data shows ransomware operators paying the FirstVPN service directly on-chain.
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