Mullvad VPN was subject to a search warrant. Customer data not compromised.

xrz

On April 18 at least six police officers from the National Operations Department (NOA) of the Swedish Police visited the Mullvad VPN office in Gothenburg with a search warrant.
They intended to seize computers with customer data.

In line with our policies such customer data did not exist. We argued they had no reason to expect to find what they were looking for and any seizures would therefore be illegal under Swedish law. After demonstrating that this is indeed how our service works and them consulting the prosecutor they left without taking anything and without any customer information.

If they had taken something that would not have given them access to any customer information.

Mullvad has been operating our VPN service for over 14 years. This is the first time our offices have been visited with a search warrant.

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/4/20/mullvad-vpn-was-subject-to-a-search-warrant-customer-data-not-compromised/

treesmokah

Thanks for letting us know

I wonder if its related - https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/185427/mullvad-api/p1

r4h156

@treesmokah said:
Thanks for letting us know

I wonder if its related - https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/185427/mullvad-api/p1

Seems unrelated based on the timing, that was weeks ago.

emgh

Great that the system works as intended but weird use of resources

maverick

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/5/2/update-the-swedish-authorities-answered-our-protocol-request/

treesmokah

@maverick said:
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/5/2/update-the-swedish-authorities-answered-our-protocol-request/

According to Paul Pfeiffer, prosecutor in the city of Rostock in northern Germany, the operation was connected to a blackmail attack that hit several municipal institutions in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in October 2021. As a result of the attack, the institutions were not able to carry out their tasks.

Yeah, was unrelated to FBI shite.