Proxy.sh VPN service with no-logging policy announced to have sniffed the traffic of US based server to Catch Hackers. Can we trust the VPN service?

Proxy.sh is considered one of most reliable VPN service with no-logging policy, its staff declares to provide any citizen all around the world the ability to protect their online privacy. Is is true? Are we sure that a VPN provider isn’t interested to our traffic?

VPN are considered one of the bulwarks for user’s privacy, quality VPN service sends the data through an encrypted tunnel to a secure server, hiding sensitive information from potential prying eyes.

Web portal torrentfreak.com published the news that Proxy.sh VPN Provider Sniffed Server Traffic to Catch Hacker also proposed by The Hacker News security portal.

Proxy.sh as shocked its customers with an announcement on an uncomfortable truth:

“We are unfortunate to announce that there have been abuses complaints about hacking activities on our U.S. Illinois 1 node. We have been saddened to learn that these actions were harmful to individuals (human beings). As a result, we will open this node again and monitor it with Wireshark for a period of 7 days.

The Proxy.shVPN provider admitted that they sniffed the traffic on one of its node located in the United States with unique intent to catch an alleged hacker.

“We have decided to install a monitor on our Illinois 1 node so as to locate the hacker. A few hours after we announced this move to our public, the hacker came to us to apologize. We then completely removed the Wireshark installation.”

“If you are the hacker, please stop your activities and leave our network. You are not welcome here. Our heaven is reserved for those who are not harmful to other human beings. If you do not leave, we will find you and report your activities to NGO and press officers. For all others, the heaven is still safe for you, dear ones. We will completely remove Wireshark after 7 days and restart the node so that everything is erased (RAM-switch). All other nodes are left unaffected by these actions. Update: Wireshark has now been removed/wiped.“

“This situation shows that we are actually really not logging anything and that we will always tell our members when we have to log one of our nodes or our entire network, either for maintenance and small internal affairs such as this.”

“We will only intervene into our traffic when we believe there have been activities infringing our ethical terms – that is when activities harmful to human beings (not corporations or entities) are taking place on our network. In such case, we do not privilege law enforcement agencies but rather communication, transparency and assistance from NGOs.”“