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TorGuard then claims that NordVPN “orchestrated strategically timed” DDOS attacks against TorGuard’s website on Black Friday, which resulted in “significant economic and reputation damages.”.

TorGuard claims that NordVPN has “threatened TorGuard” with previous legal action from “General Counsel Legal Affiairs Tefincom S.A.”.

The lawsuit opens with an attack on NordVPN for “misleading” advertising and “dishonestly” leasing IP addresses from ARIN (even though these things have nothing to do with the allegations at hand).

based in Panama) and C-7 (C-Seven Media, Inc.

TorGuard (Data Protection Services, LLC based in Florida) is suing NordVPN (Tefincom S.A.

Here are ten important details from the lawsuit (TLDR): Just four days after the alleged “blackmail” incident, TorGuard filed a lawsuit in an Orlando, Florida (USA) district court against NordVPN and C-7 web hosting. May 24, 2019: TorGuard Sues NordVPN and C-7 Hosting Four days later, TorGuard filed the lawsuit. In the blog post, TorGuard does not name NordVPN or the hosting company involved, but the title of the post alleges that this was an attempt at “blackmail”.

TorGuard then investigated the issue, which led them to believe a web hosting company was involved, and promised “pending legal action.”.

TorGuard acknowledged the flaw, but stated the server “had not been used for installs” since January 2018 and claimed there was “no security risk” to their users.Then the individual revealed he had “damaging information” about TorGuard regarding a security flaw, which would “be released” if TorGuard did not agree to the demands.During the conversation, the individual asked for a “gentleman’s agreement” to persuade a TorGuard affiliate by the name of “Tom Spark reviews” to “remove negative content from YouTube” he had published about the competing VPN service.An “unknown individual showed up uninvited at a staff member’s personal residence asking to speak about the VPN industry.” The TorGuard employee also received emails on a personal account from this “unknown individual” from a competing VPN service.On May 20, 2019, TorGuard published an interesting blog post where they allege the following events took place: May 20, 2019: TorGuard alleges it was “blackmailed” by another VPN Why is a US VPN service in Florida (TorGuard) suing a VPN service based in Panama ( NordVPN) and a Canadian web hosting provider (C-7)?īuckle up, because this is about to get interesting!įirst we’ll examine the events leading up to the lawsuit and then we’ll take a close look at the lawsuit and the specific allegations.

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We have a full copy of the lawsuit that was filed in a Florida district court, which you can read here. In an interesting turn of affairs, TorGuard recently announced on Twitter that it is suing NordVPN and a Canadian web hosting provider, C-Seven Media, Inc.

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Update 2: TorGuard files another complaint, tweets more allegations.Update 1: TorGuard amends lawsuit after erroneously naming the wrong party.This article is periodically updated to reflect the TorGuard lawsuit against NordVPN and ongoing developments, which are posted at the bottom. Originally published on May 29, 2019, last updated on July 5, 2019