Undelivered mail: Spammer using DropCatch feature to harass auction winners
Winning auctions at DropCatch is a great feeling. The domain drop-catching platform offers both public and private auctions with the majority being domains that were caught on the drop. The HugeDomains-owned company does millions of dollars in revenue annually, backed by a huge number of ICANN-accredited registrars: Almost 1600 registrars, per the official source. These […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Florida county implements domain monitoring after large scam
Volusia county officials in Florida implemented domain monitoring, after a scam involved the creation of emails on a similar domain name. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of 26 year old Keith Merard, following a complex fraud scheme involving stolen Starlink satellites worth $48,000 dollars and other equipment. Merard created email addresses on […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.247TVStream: Pirate TV network’s streaming domains have been seized
US authorities have shut down 247TVStream, a pirate IPTV service with over 1,000 channels aimed at sports fans. Run by two brothers, the operation reportedly made millions. One brother was arrested in New York, while the other is still on the run; both could face several years in prison. The Department of Justice for the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Archive.org suffers DDoS attack; 31 million accounts breached
Archive.org sustained two days of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, bringing the internet archive web site to its knees. To top it off, a security breach actor obtained a registered user database, containing 31 million records. The data included usernames, email addresses, and salted-encrypted passwords. They provided the data to the operators of Have […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Justice Department seized 30+ domains, disrupting Russian-sponsored covert operation
A covert operation sponsored by the Russian government to influence US and US-ally interests has been disrupted by the Justice Department. This Influence Operation relied on influencers, AI-generated content, paid social media advertisements, and social media accounts to drive internet traffic to “cybersquatted” and other domains. At least 30 domain names were used in this […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Homeland Security Investigations breaks down Streameast network, seizes domain names
Homeland Security Investigations has seized multiple domain names associated with Streameast, a popular live sports streaming site in the United States. Streameast was casually pirating content from more than a dozen networks. The seized domains now display a banner accusing the site of illegal activity and warning users of potential prison sentences. Despite these actions, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.HSI has seized 350 #Glock domain names in latest crime crackdown
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has performed a major crackdown on illegal weapon switches associated with the popular Glock handgun. The investigation led to the seizure of at least 350 domain names that were actively promoting or supporting an illegal aftermarket of modification hardware, able to enable automatic fire modes on Glock weapons. These domain names […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cryptonator.com: Domain was seized after handling $235 million in illegal funds
The domain name Cryptonator.com was taken over by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its founder, Russian national Roman Pikulev was indicted for processing more than $235 million dollars in illegal funds. Pikulev operated the domain and crypto exchange for more than a decade, participating in numerous acts of money laundering. He was in possession […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unstoppable Domains issues statement on corporate domain hijacking
Unstoppable Domains, a provider of decentralized registration services for domains that reside on the blockchain, lost access to managing its content for less than a day. The company’s web domain and web site were under the control of hijackers for roughly 17 hours, beginning Thursday, July 11th. In early afternoon the following day, Unstoppable Domains […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BSLD.com: Domain buyer inexplicably lost control after Sedo sale
The domain BSLD.com has been inexplicably transferred under the possession of an unauthorized seller, months after it was sold at Sedo. In August 2023, the domain BSLD.com was sold at Sedo for the sum of $4,495 dollars. The domain’s buyer was Bo Steiber Lighting Design, a company based in Singapore. They operate from BSLD.com.sg. We […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fiberlinkcc.com: Reviving a 28-year-old legacy domain for IPv4 hijacking
As IPv4 addresses become increasingly scarce, any older IP block, regardless of its scale, including Autonomous System networks, faces the threat of being controlled and exploited for identity theft or other malicious purposes. Spamhaus is researching Fiberlinkcc.com, a domain first registered 28 years ago and now utilized to facilitate connectivity to seized IP blocks. Fiberlinkcc.com […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Disposable domains: What are they and who uses them
During the early days of the internet, dot .com domain names were free to register. That changed in 1995 and pricing was $100 dollars per domain for two years. Registering a single domain was more or less a manual process and one could even pay the original .com registrar, Network Solutions, by check. When people […]
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