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2024 000webhost, the free web hosting brand powered by Hostinger, shut down its operations.
October 2024 Hostinger dropped to number 10 on the Phishing Attack Score ranking.
2023 The Cybercrime Information Center reported Hostinger as one of the top five phishing hosts based on their Phishing Attack Score.
2023 Daugirdas Jankus became Hostinger CEO, with Arnas Stuopelis continuing as Chairman of the Board.
2023 Hostinger launched the AI Website Builder, an artificial intelligence platform that generates custom websites with unique content, stock images, and design elements.
2022 Cyware Social reported that Hostinger's website preview feature was being exploited by criminals for phishing sites, with preview URLs remaining active for up to 120 hours after account creation.
2022 Hostinger began accepting cryptocurrency payments via CoinGate, but subsequently stopped offering this payment method.
2021 Hostinger sponsored the prize for the most innovative idea in the Technorama 2021 competition and rebuilt a school in Sumba, Indonesia.
2021 Named one of the fastest-growing hosting providers by Cyber News.
2021 Listed in Yahoo's Hosting Market Report as a key player in the hosting market.
2021 Hostinger expanded its payment processing capabilities by partnering with Credorax to provide smart acquiring services and facilitate cross-border payments.
2021 Private equity company ConHostinger acquired approximately 31% controlling stake in Hostinger, aimed at supporting the company's growth.
2021 Hostinger joint-founded the Lithuanian unicorn association, Unicorns Lithuania, demonstrating its commitment to the local tech ecosystem.
2020 Hostinger began sponsoring Save the Children Lithuania, contributing computers and homeschooling tools to the charity organization Mokykla Namuose.
2020 Recognized by Bitcatcha as one of the fastest-growing hosting providers.
2020 Hostinger established a partnership with Google Cloud Platform to enhance its cloud infrastructure services.
2019 Hostinger first listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe, beginning an annual recognition.
2019 Hostinger partnered with LiteSpeed Web Server (LSWS), expanding its technological capabilities.
2019 Hostinger introduced Zyro, a no-code, drag-and-drop website builder subsidiary aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises.
2017 Blog Review Signal accused Hostinger of manipulating review ratings by using reviews written by company employees.
2015 Netcraft reported that 90% of Steam phishing sites they stopped were hosted by Hostinger, with 1,400 phishing URLs across 331 different websites in one month.
2015 A security researcher discovered a collection of 13 million leaked plaintext passwords from 000Webhost, a platform associated with Hostinger, due to an exploit in an old version of PHP.
2014 The company launched its Brazilian subsidiary, Weblink.
2013 Hostinger launched its subsidiary Niagahoster in Indonesia, becoming one of the first hosting providers to offer tier-4 data centers.
2011 Arnas Stuopelis joined the company as CEO, and Hosting Media rebranded to Hostinger in the same year.

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