Operation Saffron disrupted First VPN (1vpns), a bulletproof VPN service used by at least 25 ransomware groups to anonymize C2 traffic, data exfiltration, and attribution evasion. Thirty-three servers were seized and the administrator arrested in Ukraine. No software patch applies — this is a law enforcement infrastructure takedown. The primary defensive implication is a near-term reduction in attack tempo from dependent threat actors, followed by migration to alternative anonymization infrastructure. Organizations should treat this as a detection and threat intelligence update trigger, not a patch event.