Since MEGA cannot see what is hosted, malicious users in 2021 often hid malware or phishing scripts inside seemingly harmless zip files.
By 2021, Mega.nz—the successor to Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload—had cemented itself as the preferred tool for large-scale data distribution. Unlike earlier platforms, Mega offered generous free storage (historically up to 50GB) and robust end-to-end encryption. This made it a dual-use technology: