Remember Megaupload? It was a very popular file-sharing service in the early and in 2013 was closed by the FBI for hacking. The site was owned by Kim Dotcom, a controversial German businessman who was soon launching an alternative service . Mega
Three years later, is the entrepreneur himself to say that something is not and . “The Mega survive without being able to process credit card payments for two years now. The situation becomes more complicated. Make a copy of your files as soon as possible “, Dotcom wrote on Twitter.
The message points to the imminent closure of the platform. However, Dotcom no longer belongs to the direction of Mega . Out months after launching the service, for wanting to focus on the legal fight that kept (and keeps) with the FBI – was in probation and in the process of being extradited from New Zealand to the United States. And why is this relevant? According to ABC, doubts now launched by entrepreneur go against the information provided by company management to the Spanish newspaper .
At ABC, the current director of Mega, Stephen Hall he explained that the platform “has significant funding and strong support from shareholders, so that their financial situation is precarious” . Hall also said that “does not know the reason” behind the Dotcom comment and the message “has errors.” The Mega is “growing rapidly,” he said.
Financial problems aside, Mega may soon have another problem to deal with. According to the Spanish newspaper, the current platform owner, Bill Liu, is charged with fraud by the Chinese government . According to ABC, Liu also resides in New Zealand.
Edited by Filomena Martins.
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