Ceuta and Melilla: the alleged handover plan and the VPN scandal

Ceuta and Melilla: the alleged handover plan and the VPN scandal

A supposed leak titled "THIS IS THE PLAN TO HAND CEUTA AND MELILLA OVER TO SEGARRO" began circulating earlier today. The name behind it is CastellónConfidencial. But the discussion has not focused on the geopolitical content, rather on the ad that accompanies the video: CyberGhost VPN. The coincidence is so striking that it has ended up swallowing the bait itself.

The company behind the sponsorship: from Crossrider to Kape

The reports being shared point out that CyberGhost is owned by Kape Technologies, an Israeli company founded in 2011 under the name Crossrider by a former officer of Unit 8200, Israel's military intelligence unit. Crossrider's track record is linked to ad injection and malware; in 2017 came the rebranding to Kape and in March 2018 the acquisition of CyberGhost S.A. The group also owns ExpressVPN and Private Internet Access.

The main shareholder is the Israeli businessman Teddy Sagi, with alleged contacts with his country's military intelligence. The conclusion that has gone viral is simple: advertising on content about national sovereignty is no coincidence, but an image operation with a commission included. "A small commission," concludes a comment that summed up how most people felt.

So where is the handover plan?

No one has produced a document, a date or an official source. The messages quietly debating the future of Ceuta and Melilla amount to mere insinuations: hidden hands, deleted posts, censorship. The only verifiable piece is the corporate structure of a VPN with a past in adware. The rest, for now, is smoke.

At this hour, the only tangible movement is not diplomatic: it is the one leading to the subscribe button.