Private Internet Access to Lead Sponsorship of Global Hackathon Seoul

Seoul, Korea (MMD Newswire) March 3, 2015 — Global Hackathon: Seoul, the world’s largest hackathon event slated for July 29 – August 1, is proud to announce its first headline sponsor Private Internet Access(TM) (PIA), a company whose primary service aims to protect its users’ privacy online through encrypted internet connections and anonymous IP addresses.

Global Hackathon Seoul is the first and largest international Hackathon backed by the city’s Seoul Metro Government, the administrative organization of Seoul. As the headline sponsor, PIA will help bring over 2,000 programmers together from around the world to develop innovative projects with global impact.

“Through the years, PIA has come to realize that events such as Global Seoul Hackathon are fundamental stepping stones to a better future,” commented Sung Park, CEO of London Trust Media. “Global Hackathon Seoul will help create a more innovative hacker culture of collaborative, open-communications beyond Korea and in all of Asia, and with this event, we hope to bring the minds of the best hackers from all over the world together to Korea, the IT powerhouse, to collaborate and create meaningful impact through technology.”

PIA, a subsidiary of London Trust Media, offers a state of the art Virtual Private Network (VPN) service with over 3,100 servers in 15 countries worldwide. With personal privacy as its core policy, PIA has earned great credibility among its users with its promise to never log any user data or activities. Notable sites such as TorrentFreak and PC Mag have chosen PIA as the best VPN service for online privacy and security solution.

“We are excited to have PIA, the company that continuously fights to protect consumer privacy, as the official headline sponsor of Global Hackathon Korea,” said KJ Yoo, the Executive Director of Global Hackathon. “By working with PIA on issues regarding privacy and security that need to be considered with the rapid development of technology, we will strive to cultivate ideas that will promote a more unified society through this event.”

With the support of World Federation of United Nations (WFUNA), Global Hackathon Seoul is receiving enormous support from top global industry representatives, including the former chief evangelist of Apple, Guy Kawasaki, who recently produced a promotional video for the Hackathon. Since the launch of the official website in January, the Hackathon has been very successful in getting applications from all over the world.