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Ask HN: Why is reaxt.com resolving to github.com? Attempted phishing attempt?
Why is https://reaxt.com/ resolving or is a clone of https://github.com? Is it a security concern that it is popping up in the first page of Google results?
- sarcasmatwork 7y agonslookup reaxt.com resolves to 35.229.249.221 for me.
- mistakevin 7y agoTokyo, Japan?
- mistakevin 7y agoThis is probably the closest GitHub server to your location, the site does seem to resolve to the same IP as GitHub for me here.
- mistakevin 7y agoLooks like reaxt.com registered in China? http://whois.domaintools.com/reaxt.com http://whois.domaintools.com/reaxt.com
- mistakevin 7y agoAnd it doesn't look like it was owned by GitHub based on past snapshots https://web.archive.org/web/20110202114448/http://reaxt.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110202114448/http://reaxt.com/
- mistakevin 7y agoCould this be used to phish usernames and passwords?
- mistakevin 7y agoHere is an example google search where it comes up on the first page of results for me https://www.google.com/search?q=posthtml+amp https://www.google.com/search?q=posthtml+amp