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Looking at whois history sites, it looks like the domain was owned by Tom Christiansen aka tchrist, which wrote Programming Perl, Learning Perl and the Perl Coo
by erikkri 6y ago
Looking at whois history sites, it looks like the domain was owned by Tom Christiansen aka tchrist, which wrote Programming Perl, Learning Perl and the Perl Cookbook.
The record wasn't supposed to expire until 2029, so not sure how the squatters got this domain.
- cpach 6y agoPerhaps they pwned his e-mail acccount, or social-engineered their way to take control of his phone number. (Just guessing.)
- fogihujy 6y agoThere's always the chance someone social-engineered their way past the registrar's access control, or that they got some kind of access to the registrar's systems. Or the domain owner simply didn't read an email properly and clicked the wrong link. There's too little information to draw conclusions at this point.
- xsc 6y agoLikely phishing or some other account takeover tactic. Also not "squatters". This domain was stolen.