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> DomainTools’ record for briansclub[.]com says the domain was abandoned or dormant for a period in 2019, only to be scooped up again by someone in May 2020 whe
by logshipper 5y ago
> DomainTools’ record for briansclub[.]com says the domain was abandoned or dormant for a period in 2019, only to be scooped up again by someone in May 2020 when it became a phishing site spoofing the real BriansClub.
Reminded me of the recent AskHN thread on the profitability of domain squatting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28106113 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28106113
I wonder if we'll see more of such criminal-scamming operations after the government sting operation that leveraged a compromised app: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/08/fbi-app-arrests-australia-crime/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/06/08/fbi-app-arre...