<s>
BlackVPN	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
blackVPN	B-Application
)	O
was	O
a	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
offered	O
by	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong-based	O
company	O
BlackVPN	B-Application
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackVPN	B-Application
featured	O
AES-256	B-Algorithm
encryption	I-Algorithm
and	O
DNS	B-Application
leak	I-Application
protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
offered	O
apps	O
or	O
manual	O
configurations	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
routers	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackVPN	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
BlackVPN	B-Application
ran	O
31	O
remote	O
servers	O
in	O
20	O
locations	O
and	O
18	O
countries	O
,	O
including	O
Australia	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
blackVPN	B-Application
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
received	O
blackmail	O
from	O
the	O
Armada	O
Collective	O
hacker	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
blackVPN	B-Application
,	O
the	O
group	O
threatened	O
to	O
perform	O
a	O
DDoS	O
attack	O
against	O
their	O
VPN	O
servers	O
on	O
April	O
25	O
if	O
the	O
ransom	O
of	O
10.08	O
bitcoins	B-Protocol
was	O
not	O
paid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
blackVPN	B-Application
also	O
stated	O
that	O
two	O
other	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
providers	O
had	O
received	O
the	O
same	O
e-mail	O
on	O
April	O
18	O
and	O
that	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
provider	O
AirVPN	O
had	O
suffered	O
a	O
similar	O
threat	O
and	O
attack	O
on	O
May	O
30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
DDoS	O
mitigation	O
provider	O
Cloudflare	B-Application
called	O
out	O
the	O
threats	O
as	O
fake	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
Dutch	O
computer	O
magazine	O
Computer	O
!	O
Totaal	O
(	O
C	O
!	O
T	O
)	O
listed	O
blackVPN	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
best	O
VPN	B-Application
services	I-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Engadget	B-Application
author	O
Violet	O
Blue	O
mentioned	O
blackVPN	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
names	O
that	O
come	O
up	O
as	O
trusted	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
VPN	B-Application
service	I-Application
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TorrentFreak	O
interviewed	O
blackVPN	B-Application
in	O
their	O
annual	O
comparison	O
of	O
VPN	O
providers	O
from	O
2011	O
until	O
blackVPN	B-Application
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
