Alert: Several valuable domains have been stolen from eNom accounts
Several premium numeric and three letter .com domains have been stolen from eNom accounts, and were moved to GoDaddy. According to their owner, when these domains were acquired in the past, they were assigned individual passwords via the access.enom.com reseller portal. Somehow, a Chinese domain thief managed to guess those allegedly ‘easy‘ passwords and transferred […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ALERT: The domain EXF.com is currently stolen – Do not buy!
The domain name EXF.com has been stolen, following the usual route from GoDaddy to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. The presumably Chinese domain thief showed extreme interest in the domain, as it was first stolen three weeks ago and was pushed to another GoDaddy account. At the time, its owner notified GoDaddy about the domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: Kamao.com is a stolen domain name
We were alerted by the owner of Kamao.com that the domain has been stolen. The incident appears to have taken place last week, and the domain was first pushed to another GoDaddy account before being transferred out to Chinese domain registrar, Ename.com. Ename is notorious as the destination registrar of choice for stolen domain names, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain theft: One more domain stolen at Moniker is returned to rightful owner
In the aftermath of the mass breach of domainer accounts at Moniker, some things are improving. There have been several occasions that domains were returned, with the assistance of Moniker as the losing registrar. Sometimes, the effort of the domain owners makes a difference, as in the case of Future Media Architects that temporarily lost […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: YN.com no longer a stolen domain; was returned to FMA
The premium two letter .com domain, YN.com, has been returned to its legitimate owner, Future Media Architects. As part of a cache of domains stolen at Moniker during a much-reported mass breach of accounts, YN.com was frozen at Name.com where it was transferred by Egyptian domain thieves. Currently, the process of reclaiming one’s stolen domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ALERT: The domains 224.com, 452.com and 605.com are currently stolen
Domain theft has been a hot topic this year; an increased appetite by Chinese domain investors has led to numerous incidents of stolen domains. Many of these domains end up at Chinese domain registrar and selling venue, Ename. Ename.com has generally been uncooperative in blatant cases of domain theft, and despite efforts of losing registrars […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese hackers steal more domains from GoDaddy account
After a seemingly short pause, the Chinese hackers that infiltrate GoDaddy accounts using phishing emails hit again. This time, four three character domains were stolen from an account of a DNForum domain investor, who is not a rookie. The domains are 5nk.com, 5bv.com, 5nu.com, and 5bk.com. These stolen domains were “deleted” from the owner’s GoDaddy […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker woes continue: Registrant claims loss of $1 million dollar domain!
Moniker continues to receive some very negative publicity from its current and former customers, long after a mass breach of accounts resulted in several domain thefts. In a post at DNForum, a domain owner based in Italy, condemns Moniker’s handling of the situation and alleges that one of his most valuable domains, worth at least […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain stolen at eNom; Registrant wants “to die” over the loss
An emotionally charged thread over at Web Hosting Talk (WHT), unveils the unnecessary saga domain owners endure, in order to reclaim ownership of stolen domains. User “crazysheep118”, whose first language doesn’t appear to be English, stated: “my domain been stolen in enom . the hack stolen my enom account first .and push all my domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: See.com is currently a stolen domain – Do not buy
Mike Loucks is familiar with the headaches arising from domain theft; his business domain, See.com, was stolen in the mid-2000’s by an Iranian hacker. Back then, See.com was hijacked while at Network Solutions, using a bit of social engineering. Loucks, whose immediate family are lawyers, used these resources to quickly reclaim the domain. He moved […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Acme Billing Company files federal lawsuit for 14 stolen domains
A federal lawsuit has been filed by Wiley Rein, a law firm specializing in intellectual property matters, on behalf of Acme Billing Company of Florida. The lawsuit is brought against several Defendants, for a total of 14 domain names that have been stolen, and are being monetized by individuals in China; the lawsuit is seeking […]
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