Hostinger

Hostinger (hostinger.com) is a multi-platform web service founded by a company with the same name. The service is headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania and employs about 900 employees."2,4 mln. Eur EBITDA užfiksavusi „Hostinger" neketina sustoti: investuosime į DI ir toliau" - vz.lt (in Lithuanian)
Hostinger has ten data centers in eight countries: Brazil, Indonesia, India, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
==Services==
Hostinger primarily maintains web hosting services, which are divided into four categories: shared hosting, cloud hosting, VPS hosting, managed WordPress hosting, and email hosting. LiteSpeed servers and the Linux operating system power all of the company's services. The Cloud Startup plan, which is powered by the Google Cloud Platform, is not included.
Hostinger also offers Minecraft server hosting, virtual private servers, an in-house control panel called hPanel for users to manage their hosting. Email hosting via Titan Email and Google Workspace, domain registration and transfer, SSL certificates, and a website builder are among the other services offered by Hostinger.
==History==
Hostinger was founded in 2004 as Hosting Media.https://www.delfi.lt/a/83682681
In 2007, Hosting Media’s paid hosting offer was joined by a free web hosting service when the company founded 000webhost.https://www.mrdustbin.com/en/host/000webhost/
In 2008, the company launched Hosting24, a cPanel-based web hosting brand, in the United States. The data centers were located in Asheville, North Carolina, and the United Kingdom.
In 2011, Hosting Media rebranded to Hostinger.
In 2013, Hostinger launched its subsidiary Niagahoster in Indonesia. It became one of the first hosting providers to offer tier-4 data centers.
In 2014, the company launched a Brazilian subsidiary, Weblink.
In 2019, Hostinger introduced a no-code, drag-and-drop website builder. Launched as a subsidiary under the name Zyro, the builder is supported by Hostinger’s hosting infrastructure and is aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises.https://www.vz.lt/paslaugos/2020/02/06/hostinger-imasi-interneto-svetainiu-kurimo-verslo
In 2023, Hostinger launched the AI Website Builder, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to generate a custom site from scratch. AI Builder automatically writes unique content, selects royalty-free stock images, and chooses a color palette and fonts that best suit the description."AI Website Builder – Create Stunning Sites Instantly" - Hostinger
==Controversy==
===000Webhost plaintext passwords leak===
In 2015, a security researcher discovered a collection of 13 million leaked plaintext passwords belonging to users of 000Webhost. 000Webhost addressed the breach in a Facebook post citing an exploit in an old version of PHP."13 million plaintext passwords belonging to webhost users leaked online" (2015-10-29)
==See also==
*Hostinger in Wikipedia.
==References==