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The infrastructure provider (if any) has likely seen more of these than you can imagine and again, they have proper channels for this and the people who monitor
by n0on3 6y ago
The infrastructure provider (if any) has likely seen more of these than you can imagine and again, they have proper channels for this and the people who monitor them know how to handle it, they won't lash out on you. Same goes for the domain registar.
As per the box legitimate owner, while I agree that there is all kind of crazy out there and you can avoid this if it makes you uncomfortable (abuse-at-provider will most likely contact them shortly without involving you), I don't see the lash out or strike at you scenarios likely, in my experience usually you get a thank you.
To be clear, I'm not suggesting email "Bro, you are compromised, bye", I mean, you can just inform them that you received the link and were taken to a phishing site that looks like hosted on his machine, attach screens, advice them on next steps if you want to go the extra mile in niceness. You're doing them a favour without breaking any law, why would they get mad at you?