Kape Technologies owns CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, and Zenmate
We have been following Kape since it first appeared on our radar in 2017 after buying
CyberGhost VPN. Back in 2017, the company was named
Crossrider and it was well known for
producing malware that infected devices via packaged software bundles. (See this
blog post from Malwarebytes). The following year, in 2018, Kape
purchased ZenMate VPN, which was a smaller VPN service based in Germany.
Then, in 2019, Kape purchased
Private Internet Access (PIA). This was an interesting acquisition that greatly expanded Kape’s influence in the VPN market. We wrote an in-depth report on
Kape and Private Internet Access, including the history of each company.
To summarize, Kape is now the owner of three VPN services: CyberGhost, ZenMate, and Private Internet Access. Now let’s fast forward to 2021 when Kape entered the world of VPN review websites.