HostDZire
OpenIn August 2026 its host nodes were encrypted by ransomware and, with no backups, customer data was gone for good. After a second wave of compromises in September it suspended customers' VPS without any notice, said in its official group that customers "didnt even check their email", and kicked out a customer who challenged that.
- Category
- Hosting provider
- Based in
- India
- Business
- Sells VPS and hosting, with its own nodes in India and the Netherlands plus nodes in the US and elsewhere
- Records
- 1 record · Happened to
- Website
- hostdzire.com
Timeline
- VMware host nodes encrypted by ransomware; no backups, all customer data lost
- VPS on its own nodes found with Xboard proxies and a root SSH key; the notice only "recommended" a reinstall and set no deadline
- Suspended with no notice for not doing the "required" reinstall; once told a script reinstall was done, support unsuspended without checking
- The standard ticket reply admits the suspension only looked at whether the panel logged a reinstall
- The owner says in the Telegram group that users "didnt even check their email"; the customer who challenged it is kicked out
- The official account replies on NodeSeek, calling the thread "making fun of an Indian company"
- Other users report the refund offer was narrowed after the fact; support answered "as per TOS i can do that"
Records
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