eBook crime: Federal agents seized dozens of Z-Library domains

Posted by DomainGang on November 20, 2023, at 2:25 pm

Operating from the domain Zlibrary.org, the eBook repository Z-Library was among the internet’s largest shadow libraries. Last year, federal agents took control of over 200 domains operated by the eBook pirates. It’s an ongoing battle, however, and a second round of investigations led to the capturing of dozens of new domains, with the help of […]

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BreachForums and associate #domains were seized by the FBI

Posted by DomainGang on June 23, 2023, at 1:28 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the domain of BreachForums, a cybercrime marketplace. This action comes three months after the alleged administrator of the site, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aged 20, was arrested in Peekskill, New York in March. Fitzpatrick, who used the handle “pompompurin,” is charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud. […]

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13 Lebanese Hezbollah domains were seized

Posted by DomainGang on May 11, 2023, at 12:54 pm

The US Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domain names used by Specially Designated Nationals (SNDs), Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and their members associated with the Lebanese Hezbollah. Here is the breakdown of the domains involved in this seizure: Five domains managed by the Public Interest Registry (PIR) – moqawama.org, almanarnews.org, manarnews.org, almanar-tv.org, […]

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The FBI & Ukrainian Cyberpolice seized #domains of unlicensed #crypto exchanges

Posted by DomainGang on May 5, 2023, at 10:55 am

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Ukrainian law enforcement have seized the domains of nine digital currency exchanges, which were allegedly aiding cybercriminals. In a coordinated effort, the FBI’s Detroit Field Office and the National (Cyber)Police of Ukraine obtained court authorization to shut down the websites of these virtual currency exchange services […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with 100btc.pro, 24xbtc.com, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Seized domains, bitcoin24.exchange, cybercriminals, domain seizure, pridechange.com, trust-exchange.org

Operation Royal Flush: Feds seize cache of malicious domains

Posted by DomainGang on April 22, 2023, at 2:39 pm

US authorities have seized a group of domain names linked to illegal and malicious activities. Operation Royal Flush is the name of the latest domain seizure operated by the department of Homeland Security Investigations, in accordance with a seizure warrant issued by the US Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Judging from the domains […]

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Football domains: Homeland Security Investigations seized IP pirates’ assets

Posted by DomainGang on December 11, 2022, at 1:27 pm

Pirating football (soccer) and other sports channel live-streaming or recorded content is a favorite target of IP pirates. Many such web sites suck up content from official, pay-for sources, then stream it online. The benefit: massive traffic, that can be monetized using a variety of PPC and other ad providers. But that comes to an […]

Filed under Domain Crime · Tagged with Homeland Security Investigations, Seized domains, pirate domains, sport pirates

Drug domains: Homeland Security Investigations seized illegal drug marketplace

Posted by DomainGang on November 10, 2022, at 3:55 pm

The US Homeland Security Investigations department (HSI) has seized a number of domain names that operated illegal drug marketplaces, including synthetic hallucinogenics. The domain seizure announcement was posted on the following domain names: 1cplsd.com lizardlabs.eu rarechems.com synexsynthetics.com The following message appears: This domain has been seized by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in accordance with […]

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Zlibrary.org and 200 domains seized in IP piracy sting

Posted by DomainGang on November 4, 2022, at 9:06 am

Z-Library, operating from the domain Zlibrary.org, was one of the largest shadow libraries on the internet. Using a varying number of alternate domain names in numerous TLDs and gTLDs, Z-Library provided free, unlicensed access to more than 11 million books and 84 million articles. Publishers and authors were not happy with Z-Library, leading to the […]

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FactoryHandbag.com: ICE seized long tail domain due to infringement

Posted by DomainGang on August 11, 2022, at 10:00 am

Generic, exact match domains are often called “long tail” domains due to their length. In the case of FactoryHandbag.com, the domain is an exact match .com of “factory handbag” and that’s intentional. Google is generous towards such exact match domains, especially when the search volume is high. With proper promotions and social media exposure, such […]

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Homeland Security seized Simp3.com among other pirate domains

Posted by DomainGang on June 23, 2022, at 9:45 am

The Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has seized Simp3.com, a domain used to pirate music at a grand scale. Registered in 2015, Simp3.com provided downloads of mp3 music as seen in this capture from 2019: The domain was seized along with the associate domains, CoroUrbano.com, CoroUrbanos.com and Pautamp3.com. The latter was used to provide download links […]

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CanadaDrugs.com: Popular search term for “Canada drugs” sold at DropCatch

Posted by DomainGang on October 25, 2021, at 5:15 pm

“Canada drugs” is a popular search on Google with almost one million results. It appears that Canada is a cheap provider of generic medications and the US is a big importer of such drugs. The matching .com domain, CanadaDrugs.com, was registered between 1999 and 2021 but it expired and dropped. It’s amazing that such a […]

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#Slilpp domains were seized by the US Federal authorities

Posted by DomainGang on June 12, 2021, at 12:10 pm

The US Federal authorities have seized several Slilpp domains that were used by a criminal group selling stolen credentials of thousands of platforms. The US Department of Justice announced that Slilpp marketplace listings offered more than 80 million user credentials, harvested from more than 1,400 service providers broken into by hackers. By seizing the Slilpp […]

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