GoDaddy : Still haven’t enabled two-factor authentication?
With GoDaddy now offering two-factor authentication worldwide, there is no excuse not to enable it. Domains can be stolen using the usual phishing technique, or via social engineering. Just in case you need additional motivation, here’s some food for thought. Yesterday, a domain investor lost control of three valuable dictionary domains – Freaked.com, Afraid.net and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain investor’s portfolio of numeric domains stolen by Chinese thief
Veteran domain investor Satoshi Shimoshita, known as “toho” on DNForum, announced the theft of a large portfolio of mostly numeric domains. The following 34 domains were stolen from his account at eNom, on July 27th and six more domains on August 3rd, after he had opened an emergency support ticket! First batch of stolen domains, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wiley Rein : Law firm secures large stash of 14 formerly stolen domains for client
Attorney David E. Weslow, partner with the Wiley Rein IP law firm announced that a large stash of domains that were stolen and moved to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename, has been reclaimed. The lawsuit was filed late last year and involved 14 valuable domain names, most of them LLL .coms. The client and lawful […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ammar Abd Rabbo : I did not sell the domain Ammar.com
In a shocking twist of events, Ammar Abd Rabbo, the French journalist and photographer that appeared to have been the seller of the domain Ammar.com to Ammar Kubba, disclaimed any such sale occurred. Ammar Abd Rabbo left a comment, stating: “Just to make things clear : I am Ammar Abd Rabbo, and I did not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.C73.com : Another stolen domain moved to Chinese registrar Ename
The domain name C73.com was stolen from its legitimate owner, who reached out to us. Just like many other victims of domain theft, Nazih witnessed his 16 year old domain asset getting stolen from GoDaddy and was moved to the Chinese domain registrar Ename. The latter, is particularly popular with domain thieves in China, according […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Still stolen: Domain Name Theft lawsuit pending for 14 LLL .com domains
A stash of 14 stolen domain names – all of them premium LLL .coms – is being challenged in a federal lawsuit filed in October 2014. Wiley Rein, a law firm specializing in IP matters, filed the lawsuit against several John Does in China; the stolen domains were unlawfully moved to the Chinese domain registrar, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kamao.com : GoDaddy retrieves stolen domain with order from Verisign
It’s a routine repeated more often than a ballet pirouette, these days: Unscrupulous cybercriminals from China, using phishing techniques, steal domains – primarily from GoDaddy – and transfer them to Ename, a Chinese domain marketplace and registrar. Once there, the process of reclaiming these domains is a painful reprisal of a practice that GoDaddy has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wall Street Journal : Domain Crime and the loss of domains and businesses
The Wall Street Journal made extensive coverage to domain theft and cybercrime that targets businesses yesterday. In an epic article covering the domain theft of ShadesDaddy.com and MLA.com – both of which we covered extensively in the past – the WSJ shares feedback from important industry attorneys. Philip Corwin, counsel to the Internet Commerce Association, emphasizes […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer documents domain theft in diary
Starting in November of 2014, just days after his domain name 6FE.com was stolen from his GoDaddy account, the owner of Domainers United blogged about his ordeal. The domain was removed from his account by Chinese thieves, and was transferred to Ename – the apparent domain registrar of choice for Chinese criminals. For several days, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cache of formerly stolen domains was returned to owner: 495.com, C5.net and more
Three times today we announced the return of stolen domain names to their lawful owners. First, ShadesDaddy.com was returned to its business owner, after Verisign took urgent steps to yank the domain from the clutch of domain registrar, Ename. Then, EXF.com was announced as no longer stolen, three months after it was taken away to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: Formerly stolen domain EXF.com was returned to its owner
Who doesn’t like a happy ending? In November 2014, the domain name EXF.com was stolen from its legitimate owner – not once, but twice. EXF.com was then transferred from GoDaddy to Ename, the Chinese domain registrar notorious for being used by domain thieves. The domain’s legitimate owner contacted us today, to let us know that […]
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