Comment by andix

I guess so. They must get thousands of fake sign ups every day. A cheap Server with 1-5 gbps uplink is basically a digital weapon.

I signed up as a European company, it was quite easy for Hetzner to check that I’m a legit customer.

And that’s probably their target group. Companies in Europe and the US. Hobbyists who just run one cheap server for fun are not a huge profit, but high risk to be fraudulent.