Israeli malware company "Kape Technologies" has been on a VPN buying spree, and now owns Express VPN, PrivateInternetAcccess VPN, and CyberGhost VPN.
Israeli cybersecurity firm buys ExpressVPN for close to $1 billion.
13 September 2021
Israeli cybersecurity firm Kape Technologies announced on Monday that it was acquiring leading virtual private network provider (VPN) ExpressVPN for $936 million, in one of the biggest buys of a foreign outfit for an Israeli company to date.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-cybersecurity-firm-buys-expressvpn-for-close-to-1b/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/kape-technologies-buys-expressvpn-936-mln-2021-09-13/
Israeli company "Kape Technologies" (formerly known as Crossrider) is owned by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, and has a history of injecting malware into people's computers.
https://restoreprivacy.com/private-internet-access-kape-crossrider/
If you want a paid VPN, consider:
https://www.vyprvpn.com (Switzerland)
https://protonvpn.com (Switzerland)
https://mullvad.net (Sweden)
Better yet, own your opinions
Head down to the center of Chicago, start yelling the word nigger and see how fast you get arrested
haha, now that's funny.
I saved this from a Voat user back in October 2020, back when Kape made some other big news (I don't recall what it was):
Alright, where to start...
Kape technologies, previously known as CrossRider founded by Koby Menachemi, ex spy from unit 8200.
"Unit 8200 (Hebrew: יחידה 8200, Yehida Shmoneh-Matayim) is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. It also appears in military publications as the Central Collection Unit of the Intelligence Corps and is sometimes referred to as Israeli SIGINT National Unit (ISNU)."
A lot more info here, both the article & comments are relevant. Notice the owner of PIA being the on the top.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21679682
Now PIA pre acquisition :
Known to sponsor servers for projects such as Snoonet (Reddit IRC), FreeNode, and much more.
https://freenode.net/ <--- Get back to that at the end.
They also aquired projects they only started as sponsors for, ie :
What they said in 2018 :
What happened in 2019 :
Hmmm...
What other projects and people are under PIA ?
Well, there's Karpeles lab
https://www.cnet.com/news/mt-gox-bitcoin-exchange-former-ceo-karpeles-lands-new-job/
The Mt Gox (member them ?) CEO was hired as CTO despite his criminal conviction in Japan.
Ok, so now on to Voat.
In the past XX months we went from Putt keeping us informed of his work & being very active in the community. X months ago a first wave of ddos, Putt still being himself. X months ago a 2nd wave of ddos, the "Now Hiring" followed by the "Where We Find Ourselves" post and nothing more.
Redacted -
Now for the interesting bit. Out of the blue a goat discovered an inactive page, https://voat .co/about. The regular page is https://voat .co/content/about. The 2 important things are on the bottom of that page, what's the contact email & who owns the Voat mascot?
<Hello@edon.garden> & Edon ---> http://Edon.Garden
That name has been in the code for some time now, at least X months. The "new" contact email's domain was registered in March & updated mid June.
Guess who's chaperoning that project ?
Imperial Family, the new London Trust Media, post merger with Kape Technologies.
So... shady as fuck (((Kape))) buys PIA (LTM), they rebrand as Imperial Family and suddenly Edon appears as one of their projects. The inactive page links to the same site, it's in the code & Putt is MIA.
It had something to do with PuttItOut, who was the CEO of Voat. Lotta shady behind-the-scenes stuff went on with an angel investor that Putt alluded to, but couldn't say. Maybe another previous goat could chime in because I didn't document or even keep track of the whole thing. A lot of people thought Putt sold out. I personally think that every man has his price, and sometimes that price is his reputation or his family.
I think the implication is that Kape's holding company was the angel investor of Voat, and was privy to anything being discussed between members on the site (DMs), and had tremendous influence in moderation. And could say "oy vey shut it down" any time they wanted. Which they did, eventually.
They aquired Voat too.
I've used Mullvad for a long time, it's a good solution and honest people as far as I can tell.
Didn't Protonmail route their traffic through Israel for a while? ( I could be wrong) Most VPN's are just honeypots unfortunately.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll be switching providers this evening.
Who ever bought that shit needs to get rid of it ASAP!
If you want a paid VPN, consider:
https://www.vyprvpn.com (Switzerland) https://protonvpn.com (Switzerland) https://mullvad.net (Sweden)
No. None of those. NEVER get a VPN that operates out of (incorporated from) a country in the 14eyes surveillance alliance, or any member of the (((EU))).
Switzerland isn't in the EU so it should be safe. I still have doubts and stick to the likes of which are housed from Panama or something.
I don't see Switzerland in that list?
My mistake. I though they were part of the (((EU))).
That's the main reason I chose Nord VPN (Panama). A lot of people have talked shit about it but I haven't exactly looked at any of the evidence against.
I mostly browse clearnet anyway. My VPN use boils down to discreet piracy or when combined with temp email services and pgp for very sensitive talk.
Switzerland is not a 14eyes country (refer to your own link), and not part of the EU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_state_of_the_European_Union#List
Anyone have experience with vyprvpn? They've got a good sale going on right now but I want to make sure the service is decent.
Vyprvpn has a 30-day money back guarantee, so you can just try them out for a few weeks, and cancel if you don't like it.
"If you cancel your subscription within thirty (30) days of your first payment, you may request a full refund with no questions asked."
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