Whether it's making too-good-to-be-true promises, collecting your data, or having apps filled with ads and trackers, suspicious free VPNs are bad news.

But we can now add stealing VPN servers to the growing lists of reasons to avoid.

The suspect in question, Jet VPN, appears to have been caught stealing Windscribe's servers to host its own VPN.

The VPN has thousands of five star reviews and claims to be "100% private and secure."

Windscribe found out about Jet VPN's actions almost by accident and subsequently banned the stolen accounts it was using. Jet VPN reportedly then turned its attention to stealing from Private Internet Access.

The damage and impact to Windscribe appears to be low. But this is a concerning series of events and highlights how only the best VPNs can be trusted.

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