According to interviews and electronic records, when a top executive at virtual private network business ExpressVPN acknowledged working on behalf of foreign intelligence service to hack American machines last week, it surprised staff at his new company.

Some employees were even more shocked by what ExpressVPN stated following the US Justice Department’s deferred prosecution agreement. Dan Gericke’s experience as a mercenary hacker for the United Arab Emirates was known to the corporation.

The VPN service stated that the former CIA operator preserving the privacy of its users was not a concern for them. Even as the FBI probe into Gericke’s activities neared its completion, the corporation had continually handed him increased responsibilities at ExpressVPN. According to an internal email at the time, Gericke was named chief technology officer in August and is still in the position. Gericke emailed his ExpressVPN colleagues shortly after court records revealed that he and two other former US intelligence operatives had agreed to pay a fine and give up any future sensitive employment. When senior company executives accepted questions about Gericke’s deal and then discussed the company’s sale to British-Israeli digital security software provider Kape Technologies PLC during a regular online question-and-answer session with employees last Friday, the workforce expressed its displeasure. During the session, more than 40 employees voted in favor of that question, propelling it to the front of the list. Vice reported on other staff complaints earlier on Thursday. Someone with access to the questions and vote totals made them available to Reuters. When asked about the situation, ExpressVPN responded that the conversation was part of a regular monthly meeting between management and employees. At ExpressVPN’s session with leaders Friday, the second-most supported question also concerned him.

“As an individual, I have a problem accepting that Dan was hired despite disclosing past actions. These actions are not small things we can easily forget or accept. Don’t they go against all the things XV stands for?” that person asked. NN: Express VPN has sold out. CIA spy hired… It was part of the deal  in a prosecutionn…. RUN RUB RUN the CEO was involved in the Phoenix hack of smart phones. 

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Kape Technologies buys ExpressVPN for $936 mln

JERUSALEM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – British-Israeli digital security software provider Kape Technologies PLC (KAPE.L) said on Monday it was buying virtual private network (VPN) firm ExpressVPN for $936 million in a deal aimed at creating what it called a “premium consumer privacy and security player.” Kape said the acquisition expands its customer base to more than 6 million from nearly 3 million and would create a tier one digital privacy and security firm best positioned to capitalise on the expected market growth. ExpressVPN, it said, has seen a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.1% over the past four years amid strong demand for consumer-friendly data privacy and security products. Consumers have increasingly turned to VPNs such as ExpressVPN to obscure their identities on the internet. “Controlling one’s digital presence is at the forefront of every tech consumer’s mind now, and Kape is more committed than ever to innovating and delivering the tools internet users need to protect their data and rights,” said Ido Erlichman, chief executive of Kape Technologies.Dan Pomerantz, co-founder of ExpressVPN, said the firm will have more capital and resources to “accelerate our product development, deliver even more innovation to our users, and protect them from a wider range of threats.” Kape said ExpressVPN will continue to operate day-to-day as an independent service. NN: Ruun Kape is vacuuming up VPN like a hove run over a shag carpet……… RUN RUN RUN.