FranTech Solutions
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FranTech Solutions is a Canadian hosting provider that owns and operates BuyVM.net. Historically, the website has provided services to to far-right and neo-Nazi websites, including The Daily Stormer.[1][2]
History[edit]
FranTech.ca was created on July 3rd, 2007 by Francisco Dias.[3] The site sold virtual private servers until mid-2012 when operations were moved to the BuyVM website. Today, FranTech sells servers ranging from 512MB to 28GB RAM. [4]
FranTech's network was attacked by the Mirai botnet after communication with the malware's author.<re>"'Who Is Anna-Senpai Mirai?' Story Glossary". krebsonsecurity.com.</ref>
Services[edit]
VPS Hosting[edit]
FranTech offers multiple KVM virtual private servers, ranging in price and size.
Storage Hosting[edit]
FranTech provides HDD storage for existing virtual private servers.
Tor[edit]
FranTech permits exit nodes on it's network, as long as staff and notified beforehand. Before the company converted operations to BuyVM, this practice was forbidden.[5] As of September 2022, the network currently contributes 1.8GB/s to the Tor network.[6]
DDoS Protection[edit]
DDoS Protected IPs are sold as an additional feature powered by Path.net DDoS protection.
Controversies[edit]
FranTech has been criticized for it's hosting of white supremacy websites and malware, and has been labeled as a bulletproof host by multiple websites.[7][not in citation given] In 2016 FranTech hosted internet forum Kiwi Farms.[8]
Hate Speech[edit]
In 2018, FranTech was seen to be providing bandwidth for the white supremacy website the Daily Stormer. When questioned, Dias replied "I’d prefer they weren’t hosted here, but minus some people trying to sling bad press at me, they’ve broken no laws I’m aware of."[2]
Malware[edit]
In 2019, FranTech was providing storage space and bandwidth for malware in the Dridex family in its Las Vegas location. Bromium, owned by HP, found that phishing and banking malware was utilizing FranTech's US infrastructure as command and control servers.[9] In 2019, Internet abuse protection firm Abuse.ch found that Frantech solutions hosted more than 100 malware websites, the 6th most out of any ISP in the world.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Frantech Solutions". frantech.ca.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lavin, Talia (January 7, 2018). "The Neo-Nazis of the Daily Stormer Wander the Digital Wilderness". The New Yorker.
- ↑ "Frantech.ca". www.whois.com.
- ↑ "BuyVM – KVM Slices Dedicated Server Performance with 100% SSD Storage and DDoS Protection Available". buyvm.net.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120401000000/http://frantech.ca/aup.php
- ↑ "Relay Search". Tor Metrics. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ↑ "Researchers uncover US-based malware distribution centre". ComputerWeekly.com.
- ↑ "Francisco Dias: Harboring a Dangerous Guest". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ↑ "Bromium finds collection of US web servers used for malware distribution". April 4, 2019.
- ↑ https://abuse.ch/blog/how-to-takedown-100000-malware-sites/
External links[edit]
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