NordVPN admits it was hacked in March 2018

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NordVPN admits that one of its servers located in Finland was accessed by hackers in March 2018

NordVPN, a popular and high-profile VPN provider, has admitted that one of its data centres was hacked last year. The company said that it was compromised via the infrastructure at one of its da...

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