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VPN provider hacked, fake emails scare customers

posted onOctober 7, 2013
by l33tdawg

Customers of Hong Kong-based virtual private network (VPN) provider PureVPN received a major scare over the weekend after a fake email was sent out to them, saying their accounts would be closed and the information handed over to unspecified authorities.

The owner of the New Zealand Geekzone technology forum, Mauricio Freitas, told iTnews he received an email purporting to be from Uzair Gadit, the founder PureVPN. The email stated:

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