The details have slipped my mind, partly because I didn't respond to it. At this point it occurs to me that a few weeks ago I got an offer to advertise VPN services. That this is a conflict of interest is probably obvious. So, the VPN service provider also has some well-known websites that rate and recommend these VPN providers for users around the world. Kape Technologies then bought a handful of VPN review sites in 2021. Then in 2021, ExpressVPN was purchased for $936 million. In 2018, Kape Technologies also bought VPN ZenMate, and in 2019, Private Internet Access (a US VPN provider), as you can read in the CNET article and here. One of the founders has at least some proximity to Israeli intelligence (Unit 8200). This company has been operating as Kape Technologies since 2018 and used to make a name for itself selling malware or adware for browser extensions (see, for example, this MalwareBytes post on Crossrider infections). Specifically, the sale was to Crossrider. The topic came to my attention on Twitter a few days ago and is discussed in detail within this blog post.īack in August 2020, CNET reported in this article that Kape Technologies had purchased CyberGhost VPN, a VPN service founded by German Robert Knapp and operated in Romania (purchase was in 2017).
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