Almost 170 VPNs and more than 200 email services have been blocked in Russia
By ForGeeks In Russia, 167 VPNs and more than 200 email services have been blocked as part of a crackdown on threats to the stability, security and integrity of the communications network, according to data from the Center for Monitoring and Control of the Public Communications Network (CMC CPN).
According to the sources, 167 VPN services, more than 590 thousand information resources, more than 200 mail services, more than 2 thousand phishing sites, more than 84 applications and more than 20 malware distribution centers have been blocked or restricted in Russia as part of countering threats to the security and stability of the Internet.
According to the sources, 167 VPN services, more than 590 thousand information resources, more than 200 mail services, more than 2 thousand phishing sites, more than 84 applications and more than 20 malware distribution centers have been blocked.
«We are working quite closely with regulators in the field of information security to block malicious sites: phishing resources, resources that participate in information wars against Russia, and blocking circumvention services», — Khutortsev said.
We are working closely with regulators in the field of information security to block malicious sites.
In August, the RKN began blocking VPN services in Russia not by IP addresses, but by OpenVPN, IKEv2 and WireGuard protocols. They did not say which services were blocked.
According to Khutortsev’s presentation, which was shown at the «Spectrum-2023» forum in Sochi, 167 malicious VPN services and 84 apps have been blocked using the system since 2021. Since 2020, more than 590,000 information resources have also been blocked. In 2023, access was restricted to more than 2,000 phishing sites and more than 20 malware control and distribution centers.
