Global law enforcement operation takes First VPN offline

2026-05-21T20:51:54Zab81faf09c705662fad5586be57b1e98101f7fa89c192779c0e763cd3287c595
AppleBitLockerCiscoDirtyDecryptDiscordFirst VPNGitHub breachLinux LPEMFA bypassMicrosoftPinTheftSecure WorkloadSonicWallYellowKeycardingdata-theftend-to-end encryptionexploitfraud-preventionlaw-enforcementmalicious-vscode-extensionmitigationpatchingransomwarestolen-cards

What happened

Feed of May 20–21, 2026 security news: international law enforcement seized First VPN tied to ransomware/data-theft infrastructure; Apple reported blocking >2M apps and blocking 1B fake accounts in its 2025 fraud report; SonicWall Gen6 VPNs are still vulnerable to MFA bypass where admins missed manual remediation steps; Cisco patched a critical (CVSS 10.0) Secure Workload API flaw (CVE-2026-20223); Discord enabled E2EE by default for voice/video; multiple Linux local privilege escalations with public PoCs were disclosed (PinTheft and DirtyDecrypt); Microsoft published mitigations for the BitL​

Why it matters

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ab81faf09c705662fad5586be57b1e98101f7fa89c192779c0e763cd3287c595
Enrichment time
2026-05-21T20:51:54Z
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