PayPal blocked accounts of a Russian company accused of cyber-attacks against the US
PayPal, a worldwide online payments system, has blocked the personal and corporate accounts of King Servers company, from whose servers the cyber-attack on the U.S. election systems was performed. The company’s owner, Vladimir Fomenko informed RIA Novosti of this development.
American experts have previously declared that King Servers, whose owner lives in the city of Biysk, Altai region, owns six of the eight IP-addresses uncovered by the FBI in connection with the hacking investigation. It was one of the reasons that the "Russian trace" was seen in the attack.
"I have learned that my personal and corporate accounts in the PayPal payment system were blocked without explanation. I cannot send and receive payments so far. The company itself failed to give me clear explanations what it is connected with, except that they need to check some data. We always fulfill the requirements of the agreement carefully. I would not like to think that PayPal’s blocking of the account can somehow be attributed to the illegal actions of any third parties who used our servers,” Fomenko said.
Fomenko asserted that his company intends to cooperate with the FBI's investigation.