Hola Better Internet is a popular Chrome extension that allows you to watch blocked content overseas. However, there's something more nefarious going on behind the scenes: the company is selling
Cloudwards.net takes a close look at Hola VPN, a free service not only undeserving of the label "VPN," but also likely a botnet in disguise. Hola's founder has confirmed the popular VPN Chrome extension sells its users' bandwidth in order to cover the cost of offering its free service -- resulting in a vast botnet-for-sale network. Stay away from this botnet and DDoS attack initiating VPN called "Hola". It may be free, but the security flaws risks bringing your private data, at the hands of the wrong people! Our Score 3.0 User Score 45% Hola, Hola VPN users, you may have been part of a botnet! VPN service Hola, which has millions of users, recently came under fire for not being as up front with their users as they should have been. In the past weeks it has been revealed that Hola does the following: allows Hola users to use each others' bandwidth Hola, one of the most popular free virtual private networks, found to be selling its' users internet bandwidth. free users are signing their computers up to be part of a botnet — and the Hola Better Internet is a popular Chrome extension that allows you to watch blocked content overseas. However, there's something more nefarious going on behind the scenes: the company is selling
The most well known example of a free VPN that acted as a botnet is Hola. Hola was an extremely popular free VPN service from Israel that at its height had nearly 50 million users worldwide. But in 2015, it was revealed that Hola had been selling their users' bandwidth to cover the costs of its free service - and that this bandwidth was
A spam attack shed light on this virtual private network's shady business practices. Botnet backdoor could leave subscribers vulnerable to hackers. VPN service Hola, which can unblock region-locked websites and streaming channels, has been accused of selling its subscribers Hola is a popular virtual private network (VPN) provider that is available for various web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as desktop and mobile operating systems.. It is free to use and if you check ratings and users on Chrome's Web Store alone, you will notice that it is used by more than 7.1 million Chrome users currently.
Virtual private network Hola has downplayed concerns that its 47 million users could become part of a botnet. A botnet is a network of hijacked computers that can be used for criminal activity
A spam attack shed light on this virtual private network's shady business practices. Botnet backdoor could leave subscribers vulnerable to hackers. VPN service Hola, which can unblock region-locked websites and streaming channels, has been accused of selling its subscribers Hola is a popular virtual private network (VPN) provider that is available for various web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as desktop and mobile operating systems.. It is free to use and if you check ratings and users on Chrome's Web Store alone, you will notice that it is used by more than 7.1 million Chrome users currently. Virtual private network Hola has downplayed concerns that its 47 million users could become part of a botnet. A botnet is a network of hijacked computers that can be used for criminal activity