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fter the disclosure of major security

breaches at NordVPN and TorGuard

VPN, we lowered the score of NordVPN

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The story started months ago on 8chan, the

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NordVPN and TorGuard

VPN Breaches: What You

Need to Know

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PC Magazine Senior

Software Analyst Max

Eddy has also written

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Times, International

Science Times, and

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