Re:NordVPN sued by Torguard for blackmail [pdf]
by Liquix on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @09:47AM
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They have definitely been compromised. You can buy lifetime accounts on the darknet for a dime a dozen with suspiciously not-real-person email addresses and passwords. Other VPN services and accounts for sale are much more expensive and you can usually tell at a glance that the credentials were stolen from a real user.
Edit: Perhaps the unimpeded sale of these "hacked" accounts leads indirectly/directly back to someone inside NordVPN? A dirty "trade secret" they wouldn't want revealed..? Seems farfetched but they have not proven themselves trustworthy in the past.
That's easy. A VPN provider has access to all kinds of juicy information, such as who their customers are and what they are up to online.
They may have been compromised already, they may sell user data. There are all kinds of things that could be going on that would definitely be stuff they could be blackmailed with.
Whether any of that is the case remains to be seen.