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So what actually happened? Neither OP nor linked press articles seem to really explain it. (There's a joke somewhere in here about how readable Perl is.)
by blfr 6y ago
So what actually happened? Neither OP nor linked press articles seem to really explain it.
(There's a joke somewhere in here about how readable Perl is.)
- tyingq 6y agoSkip down to the section labeled "What we think happened". Essentially, someone took over the Network Solutions domain management account for the domain and transferred it to a different registrar. It's not clear if that was due to a weak password, compromised contact email account, someone social engineering the Network Solutions staff, or something else.
- bhartzer 6y agoWhat actually happened is that a bunch of domain names were stolen at network solutions. Many of which start with the letter P. Perl was just one of them. We probably will never know how it was done, as network solutions won’t say, and they shouldn’t.
- TwoBit 6y agoOK but it was probably social engineering.
- Johnny555 6y agoThe article reads kind of like those online recipes that have 2 pages of "My mom grew up on a farm, and her mom liked buttermilk, so this is the story of how this recipe began..." If all you want is the recipe, you need to scroll past that long intro (which might be interesting, but it's not what you are looking for).