Once in the race for the best VPN services, VPNArea has seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth, with users taking to Reddit to voice their concerns.
Even for VPNs, this is strange, especially from a once-respected provider. Normally we hear about shutdowns quite early, but this came out of nowhere. In fact, I had to do a double take when I first saw the reports.
Unfortunately, it appears to be true. VPNArea has closed its doors without telling anyone, or suffered the most brutal attack I have ever seen in the industry.
One user claimed “I’m preparing for the worst. Their entire online presence is down, website, servers and all. I’ll give them another 24 hours before I move on. It’s a shame as I’ve been with them since 2018 and never until now had problems.”
I prepare for the worst. Their entire online presence is offline, website, servers and all.
u/RustyEdsel
To see for myself, I went to the WaybackMachine to check when VPNArea’s website was last listed. Surprisingly, it was last edited on May 29But Is It Down Or Just Me shows that it can’t access the site at all, and no amount of tweaking or geo-hopping on my end can bring it back either – the site just crashes due to a host error.
Normally this indicates that the servers are unavailable. But the site servers and the VPN servers are both down at the same time – that’s a red flag.
VPNArea’s latest tweet went over Eid on June 15 and a day earlier it marketed its services to businesses. There is a disturbing irony in the use of the word “trust” here. If you’re considering using a business VPN, don’t fall for it.
Why Businesses Trust VPNArea for Security 🏢🛡️Protect your business’s sensitive information with VPNArea. Our robust VPN solutions are designed for enterprises,#BusinessVPN #EnterpriseSecurity #VPNArea pic.twitter.com/EGawQzOmvZJune 14, 2024
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What happens now?
The bottom line is that people are right to be angry. They paid for a service that doesn’t seem to be there anymore. Some are even considering legal cooperation.
In all this time, we haven’t seen anything from VPNArea – not even a tweet (or whatever we call it their X feed nowadays).
Only time will tell, but this could be as damaging to the VPN industry as it is confusing and frustrating for VPNArea’s customers.