Prosecutor release
U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT JOINS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TO DISRUPT A VPN SERVICE USED TO FACILITATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan, December 22, 2020.
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Published
- December 22, 2020
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 3
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Michigan
- Published
- December 22, 2020
- Source type
- Prosecutor release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- What it supports
- Supporting detail not recorded.
- Dataset id
- src_doj_safe_inet_2020
How this source is used
Cited 3 times across 3 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Safe-Inet / Insorg VPN takedownSupporting source
Criminal hosting and proxies, December 2020
Organization roles
1 citation
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationSupporting source
Infrastructure seizure, Safe-Inet / Insorg VPN takedown
Infrastructure
1 citation
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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safe-inet.com, safe-inet.net, insorg[.]orgSupporting source
Domains seized, Safe-Inet / Insorg VPN takedown