[Thread] 3 of the 6 largest VPN companies are owned and operated by...
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Sep 19, 2025
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3 of the 6 largest VPN companies are owned and operated by an Israeli company, founded and led by "former" Israeli spies?
Is your VPN affected? My investigation reveals all:
mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-is…
3 of the 6 largest VPN companies are owned and operated by an Israeli company, founded and led by "former" Israeli spies?
Is your VPN affected? My investigation reveals all:
mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-is…
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Kape Technologies controls much of the online privacy market, including ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, ZenMate, Intego Antivirus, and a host of tech websites that promote its products.
Kape's co-founder and longtime CEO, Koby Menachemi began his tech career as a developer for Unit 8200, the IDF's most elite, and most controversial spying unit.
Menachemi’s successor as Kape CEO, Ido Erlichman, is a veteran of Unit 217, the IDF's Duvdevan Unit, an elite commando group that carries out intelligence operations and assassinations against the local Arab population.
Kape's co-founder and longtime CEO, Koby Menachemi began his tech career as a developer for Unit 8200, the IDF's most elite, and most controversial spying unit.
Menachemi’s successor as Kape CEO, Ido Erlichman, is a veteran of Unit 217, the IDF's Duvdevan Unit, an elite commando group that carries out intelligence operations and assassinations against the local Arab population.
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What are the Duvdevan and Unit 8200?
Duvdevan: Described as Israel's top "death squad", Duvdevan members are given special training to disguise themselves as Palestinians in order to infiltrate enemy groups and carry out extrajudicial killings. Both the selection process and the training are exceptionally rigorous, and Duvdevan commandos often spend months or even years undercover before being assigned a mission.
Unit 8200: Unit 8200 is the centerpiece of Israel's hi-tech surveillance state. Unit 8200 uses big data to compile giant dossiers on every single Palestinian, so it can be used for blackmail and extortion.
Information, such as if a person was cheating on their spouse or was homosexual, is also used as bait for blackmail. One former Unit 8200 soldier said that as part of his training, he was assigned to memorize different Arabic words for “gay” so that he could listen out for them in conversations.
Unit 8200 created a gigantic, AI-generated kill list for Gaza, allowing the IDF to bomb targets virtually indiscriminately. It was also the brains behind the 2024 Lebanese pager attack.
Unit 8200 agents have gone on to produce much of the world's top spyware devices, used to hack into the phones of governments and world leaders.
An example of this is Pegasus, the invasive software that was used to spy on more than 50,000 prominent individuals around the world, including politicians such as President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, and President Barham Salih of Iraq.
Known purchasers of the software include the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, as well as the governments of the UAE, Panama, and Saudi Arabia, who used the software to surveil Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was assassinated by Saudi agents in Türkiye.
Duvdevan: Described as Israel's top "death squad", Duvdevan members are given special training to disguise themselves as Palestinians in order to infiltrate enemy groups and carry out extrajudicial killings. Both the selection process and the training are exceptionally rigorous, and Duvdevan commandos often spend months or even years undercover before being assigned a mission.
Unit 8200: Unit 8200 is the centerpiece of Israel's hi-tech surveillance state. Unit 8200 uses big data to compile giant dossiers on every single Palestinian, so it can be used for blackmail and extortion.
Information, such as if a person was cheating on their spouse or was homosexual, is also used as bait for blackmail. One former Unit 8200 soldier said that as part of his training, he was assigned to memorize different Arabic words for “gay” so that he could listen out for them in conversations.
Unit 8200 created a gigantic, AI-generated kill list for Gaza, allowing the IDF to bomb targets virtually indiscriminately. It was also the brains behind the 2024 Lebanese pager attack.
Unit 8200 agents have gone on to produce much of the world's top spyware devices, used to hack into the phones of governments and world leaders.
An example of this is Pegasus, the invasive software that was used to spy on more than 50,000 prominent individuals around the world, including politicians such as President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, and President Barham Salih of Iraq.
Known purchasers of the software include the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, as well as the governments of the UAE, Panama, and Saudi Arabia, who used the software to surveil Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi before he was assassinated by Saudi agents in Türkiye.
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Many have tried to raise the alarm about this shady company before, including @Snowden:
Edward Snowden@Snowden
If you're an ExpressVPN customer, you shouldn't be.
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@Snowden If you want to know more about this story, read my investigation in full here:
mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-is…
mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-is…
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MintPress is under threat! If you value the work of myself, @MnarMuh, @Lowkey0nline, @gregjstoker, @LatuffCartoons, @KitKlarenberg, and others, please donate below.
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