X3.com : Formerly stolen domain has been recovered
In April of this year, we reported that the premium, aged domain X3.com was stolen from its legitimate owner. At the time, Mr. AJ Alfieri-Crispin, shared the agony of witnessing the domain disappear from his registrar account in the course of 25 minutes. The owner’s Odyssey ended about a month ago, when the 3rd District […]
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.Webmaster Radio : Attorney David Weslow interview on domain theft and China
Attorney David Weslow was recently interviewed on Webmaster Radio, by Cyber Law and Business Report expert Bennet Kelley. The discussion spanned almost an hour of covering the reasons behind an ongoing spike in domain theft and assorted cybercrime, pointing out the Chinese domain market as a factor. David Weslow mentioned on the subject of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lawsuit filed over stolen numeric domain 256.com
An “in rem” lawsuit has been filed in Virginia to recover the domain name 256.com, alleging that it was stolen in December 2014. The lawsuit, details of which were uncovered by domain investor George Kirikos, is filed against the property itself. According to Wikipedia: “In rem jurisdiction (Latin, “power about or against ‘the thing’”[1]) is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.C73.com : Formerly stolen domain has been reclaimed!
Great news regarding a formerly stolen domain name; we received notification that the domain name C73.com has been returned to its legitimate owner. Several months after being stolen from the owner’s GoDaddy account and moved to the Chinese domain registrar eName, C73.com is back where it belongs. The 16 year old domain asset was returned […]
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.Alert: X3.com is currently a stolen domain; moved from eNom to Ename
The owner of the domain name X3.com shared with us that the domain is currently in the hands of a domain thief. On April 5th, 2015, X3.com changed ownership “withing a window of 25 minutes” and was transferred from an eNom reseller – DreamHost – to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename. The latter, has been […]
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.GoDaddy yanks formerly stolen domain 6462.com back from Ename!
Last December, we covered the brazen theft of the domain 6462.com from a GoDaddy account. The domain was transferred unlawfully to the Chinese domain registrar, Ename and despite GoDaddy’s requests, Ename refused to return it. Its Australian registrant, domain investor Rod Seeber, reached out to us back then for assistance with exposing the theft, and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ShadesDaddy founder offers advice on Domain Name Hijacking recovery
Our exclusive coverage of the brazen theft and subsequent recovery of ShadesDaddy.com has a pleasant follow-up. Pablo Palatnik, founder of ShadesDaddy, promised to return and has published an article that was picked up by Forbes. In this three-pager, Palatnik offers advice on how to proceed, if your domain has been hijacked. The key points that […]
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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign returns ShadesDaddy.com to lawful owner with executive decision
Pablo Palatnik is ecstatic, he cannot hide his overflowing excitement over the news: ShadesDaddy.com, the domain stolen from his business almost 10 days ago, is back in his possession. “I’m so relieved, but it still has to sink in,” says Palatnik on the phone. “Frustration has turned into joy and I’m working on undoing the […]
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