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Whoops: Russia’s Attempt To Block VPNs Causes Major Banking Failure

Techdirt [Unofficial] April 13, 2026
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VPNs (when integrity is maintained and the owners aren’t sleazy scammers) have long been the mortal enemy of shitty, surveillance-happy governments. And when shitty, surveillance-happy governments try to block or degrade the use of VPNs, bad things can happen. As Russia found out recently when a ham-fisted effort to block VPN users from accessing Telegram […]

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