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I don't understand the expected outcome from this attack. The hijacking of perl.com was front page news for the technical community. Did the thief really thin
by 35fbe7d3d5b9 6y ago
I don't understand the expected outcome from this attack.
The hijacking of perl.com was front page news for the technical community. Did the thief really think they'd just be able to drop it on Sedo or Afternic and be done with it?
- edoceo 6y agoRansom maybe?
- bhartzer 6y agoNah, ransom is not usually the goal by domain thieves. They steal them to make a quick buck by reselling them.
- bhartzer 6y agoI don’t think it’s really an attack on the domain Perl.com. Rather, Perl was just one of the domains stolen at the same time as others. I’m aware of at least half a dozen or so domains that were stolen at the same time, by the same domain thief. This was not an attack or hijacking. It was the stealing of domain names. What these domain thieves do is steal the domain, transfer it to another registrar, then attempt to sell them. In this case, Perl.com just got caught up in a list of domains that were stolen at the same time. Others stolen at the same time also start with the letter P.