Australian domain registrar Melbourne IT buys Uber Global Group for over $12 million USD
Australian domain registrar and domain services company, Melbourne IT, has entered into an agreement to acquire Uber Global Group. Despite a name similarity, Uber Global is unrelated to the US-based car maker; the acquisition will complete in April, for the sum of $12 million USD ($15.5 million AUS). Uber Global, operating from Uber.com.au, asserts to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Melbourne IT WordPress based blog hacked
Melbourne IT, the domain registrar involved in yesterday’s successful compromising of the Twitter, NY Times and Huffington Post UK web sites and domains, is apparently still the target of the Syrian Electronic Army. The corporate blog of Melbourne IT, apparently based on WordPress, was defaced and its content was substituted with the message: After this […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unplugged: Name.com puts ‘Syrian hacker’ domain on registrar hold
Domain registrar, Name.com has put the domain name syrianelectronicarmy.com on “registrar hold“, effectively locking its update and resolution. The domain cannot be transferred out to another registrar at this time. The domain was used to share information related to a number of attacks on the DNS of several web sites, including Twitter, NY Times and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Twitter.com domains get compromised
The domain name Twitter.com is registered with Melbourne IT, an Australian domain registrar. A team of self-styled hackers calling themselves “Syrian Electronic Army” apparently compromised the account holding the domain name Twitter.com. While there was no widespread downtime for Twitter users, currently Whois.com displays the following WHOIS record for the domain: Earlier today, DomainTools […]
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