The bandwidth of Millions of users of a popular free VPN service is being sold without their knowledge in an attempt to cover the cost of its free service, which could result in a vast botnet-for-sale network.
"Hola," a free virtual private network, is designed to help people abroad watch region-restricted shows like American Netflix, and other streaming United States media.
Hola is selling users' bandwidth:
Hola is an easy-to-use browser plugin available in the Google Chrome Store with currently more than 6 Million downloads. But, unfortunately, Hola could be used by hackers to maliciously attack websites, potentially putting its users at risk of being involved in illegal or abusive activities.
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