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NordVPN POLITICAL

POLITICAL AUDIT UPDATED 2026-08-29
Political Score 1.96 /10 D NordVPN - BDS-1000 224
Political 1.96

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Corporate Communications & Public Stance

Nord Security characterised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a war in 2022, said it would discontinue business services for clients located in Russia, stop accepting Russian-bank payments, donate 700 products to human-rights activists, NGOs, and independent journalists, and support NGOs assisting Ukraine 1.

No public evidence identified in the focused searches of an official NordVPN or Nord Security statement on Israel-Palestine, or of Israel-related crisis asset mobilisation 1, 2.

The available review did not establish post-19 July 2024 or post-November 2024 Israel-Palestine conduct by NordVPN or Nord Security 1.

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

NordVPN’s Israel-focused service page advertises Tel Aviv IP addresses but gives inconsistent counts of Israeli servers - 24 in one location and 20 elsewhere on the same page - so the current total cannot be resolved from that source alone 2.

A network-information source identifies IP address 169.150.226.21 as a NordVPN server associated with a Tel Aviv point of presence, lists Tel Aviv, Israel as its location, identifies DataCamp as the hosting/network organisation, and reports a DataPacket reverse-DNS hostname 3.

DataPacket states that NordVPN first ordered servers from it in 2018 and that, as of its August 2024 case study, it supplied more than 2,000 NordVPN servers across its locations for VPN, dedicated-IP, and corporate-VPN products 4.

The reviewed evidence establishes an advertised Israeli server service and one Tel Aviv endpoint, but does not establish a NordVPN office, subsidiary, reseller, customer, government contract, physical data-centre address, or operations in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Golan Heights, or Israeli settlements 2, 3.

DataPacket’s case study establishes a global infrastructure relationship but does not specify whether its Tel Aviv point of presence is among the NordVPN servers it supplies 3, 4.

No public evidence identified in the reviewed UN, civil-society, boycott-list, and court materials of NordVPN, Nord Security, Tefincom, or NordSec operating in Israeli settlements, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, or the Golan Heights 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

The OHCHR 2023 settlement-business database scan found no NordVPN mention, which is a document-scoped result and not a finding about all settlement-related records 5.

The supplied scans likewise found no NordVPN mention in the specified UN Special Rapporteur, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Al-Haq, or BDS Movement documents 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

The reviewed product materials describe NordVPN as a digital VPN service rather than a physical retail-goods business or an editorial/social-media platform 2, 3.

No public evidence identified in the focused review of Israel-Palestine-related HR enforcement, employee litigation, union activity, algorithmic or content moderation, settlement-product labelling, or supply-chain categorisation involving NordVPN 2, 3.

On 28 March 2025, a proposed consumer class-action complaint named Nordvpn S.A., Tefincom SA doing business as NordVPN, and NordSec B.V. and alleged automatic-renewal and cancellation practices 11.

The complaint concerns subscriptions and consumer protection rather than Israel-Palestine operations, settlement activity, political advocacy, or military support 11.

In a 2026 domain-name decision, NordSec B.V. was the complainant and an Israel-based individual was the respondent in a dispute concerning <nordlayer.org> 12.

That WIPO decision concerns trademark and domain-name rights and does not establish an Israeli operational, governmental, political, or conflict-related relationship 12.

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

NordVPN states that it operates under Panama’s jurisdiction and identifies Netherlands-based Nord Security as its parent company 13.

Nord Security’s recruitment privacy notice identifies, on a non-exhaustive basis, group entities including UAB 360 IT and 720 IT UAB in Lithuania, Radically Better Internet GmbH in Germany, NordSec B.V. in the Netherlands, and Nord Security Inc. in Delaware 14.

NordSec B.V.’s impressum identifies an Amsterdam registration and address and names Ruta Gorelcionkiene as managing director 15.

A Canadian trademark record lists NordSec B.V. as the current owner of the live NORDVPN mark, records Tefincom S.A. of Panama City as applicant and registered owner at the 2017 filing and 2019 registration, identifies NordSec Ltd. of London as an old owner, and gives an expiry date of 5 August 2029 16.

The Canadian trademark record provides limited ownership-history evidence but does not establish the group’s complete beneficial-ownership chain 16.

No public evidence identified of Israeli state ownership, a golden share, a founding charter, a state-security mission, Israeli state honours, formal Israeli-government or academic partnerships, or “Brand Israel” sponsorship 2, 4, 11, 12.

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

No public evidence identified in the focused review of contracts with the IDF, Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israeli government, settlement authorities, or named Israeli defence contractors 2, 3, 4.

No public evidence identified of an enterprise, developer, or MDM distribution arrangement for IDF or Israeli-government devices 2, 4.

No public evidence identified of lobbying, PAC activity, anti-BDS advocacy, or donations to the IDF, FIDF, JNF, settlement organisations, military-welfare bodies, parastatals, or regional advocacy bodies 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

The targeted absence findings are limited to the specified searches and materials and do not substitute for a complete review of lobbying, charity, foundation, procurement, or corporate-register records 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Nord Security announced a $100 million financing round in April 2022 led by Novator Ventures, with Burda Principal Investments and General Catalyst participating 17.

Nord Security announced a further $100 million round in November 2023 led by Warburg Pincus, with Novator Ventures and Burda Principal Investments participating, and stated that the investment valued the company at $3 billion 18.

The 2023 announcement stated that Warburg Pincus’s Chandler Reedy joined the board, but it does not establish continuing board membership 18.

The identified financing announcements establish investment participation rather than current equity stakes, beneficial ownership, or control rights 17, 18.

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

Nord Security stated that Tomas Okmanas and Eimantas Sabaliauskas founded the company in Lithuania in 2012 and were co-CEOs at the time of its 2022 financing announcement 17.

Nord Security’s current leadership page identifies Tomas Okmanas, Eimantas Sabaliauskas, and Jonas Karklys as co-founders 19.

Lithuania’s legal-entity register identifies UAB 360 IT and records 2025–26 filings, including 2025 financial statements submitted on 29 May 2026 20.

A 2025 Lithuanian official notice records a planned separation of assets, rights, and obligations from UAB 360 IT to form 720 IT UAB, but the retrieved materials do not establish the final scope or completion of that restructuring 21.

No public evidence identified of a state-held ownership mechanism or foundational mandate tied to Israeli geopolitical objectives 11, 12.

Executive & Leadership Footprint

Nord Security’s leadership page identifies senior leaders including Toma Sabaliauskienė, Rytis Meškauskas, Mykolas Dumčius, Marijus Briedis, Vykintas Maknickas, Karina Dirvonskienė, Dina Lurje, Laurynas Zabulis, Gediminas Lisauskas, Donatas Tamelis, and Tomaš Sinicki 19.

A Nasdaq Baltic issuer filing identifies Tomas Okmanas as Tesonet founder and co-owner from 2008, CEO of UAB 360 IT - described there as Nord Security Group - from 2017, a CYBERSPACE B.V. board member from 2022, and a cyberswift B.V. management-board member from 2024 22.

The same issuer filing states that Tesonet Global UAB held 3.55% of Šiaulių Bankas voting rights, which is a Tesonet-related holding rather than a disclosed Nord Security ownership percentage 22.

No public evidence identified in the reviewed materials of founder, executive, investor, or director statements on Israel-Palestine, political activity, regional donations, defence-industry interests, or organisational affiliations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

Footnotes

  1. https://nordsecurity.com/blog/cybersecurity-in-modern-day-warfare ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. https://nordvpn.com/he/servers/israel/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  3. https://www.netify.ai/resources/ips/169.150.226.21 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  4. https://www.datapacket.com/case-study/nordvpn ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  5. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session31/database-hrc3136/23-06-30-Update-israeli-settlement-opt-database-hrc3136.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  6. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  7. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/5141/2022/en/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  8. https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  9. https://www.alhaq.org/cached_uploads/download/2024/07/08/business-and-human-rights-in-palestine-1720433542.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  10. https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  11. https://truthinadvertising.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kandeh-v-NordVPN-complaint.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  12. https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/pdf/2026/d2026-1218.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  13. https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/19441152966161-Where-is-NordVPN-based ↩

  14. https://nordsecurity.com/privacy-notice-for-recruitment-candidates ↩

  15. https://nordsecurity.com/impressum ↩

  16. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cipo/trademark-search/1873025 ↩ ↩2

  17. https://nordsecurity.com/blog/nord-security-raises-outside-capital-16-B-valuation ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  18. https://nordsecurity.com/press-area/nord-security-asserts-its-leading-position-in-the-cybersecurity-market-with-a-100m-investment ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://nordsecurity.com/leadership ↩ ↩2

  20. https://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/p/dok.php?kod=304368853 ↩

  21. https://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/infleid/download.do?oid=312069 ↩

  22. https://attachment.news.eu.nasdaq.com/af268d1098aeb4d51498faabdd9632043 ↩ ↩2