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My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by zaph0d »

mcherm wrote: post #2

I am curious: does anyone here on HN have a registrar to recommend who they know (preferably from experience) would actually be more helpful in this circumstance? Because from the sound of it, the unwillingness of the registrars (both of them) to take action here without being compelled to by a lawsuit is the root of the problem. The FBI's willingness to be helpful is nice, but doesn't solve the root problem, and as…

namecheap.com is definitely one of the best per my experience and what I have heard.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by zaph0d »

mcherm wrote: post #2

I am curious: does anyone here on HN have a registrar to recommend who they know (preferably from experience) would actually be more helpful in this circumstance? Because from the sound of it, the unwillingness of the registrars (both of them) to take action here without being compelled to by a lawsuit is the root of the problem. The FBI's willingness to be helpful is nice, but doesn't solve the root problem, and as…

namecheap.com is definitely one of the best per my experience and what I have heard.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by dsrguru »

philbarr wrote: post #42
shiftpgdn wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked in webhosting for nearly a decade so I'm quite familiar with the volume of fraud and stolen domains. But to play the devils advocate how would you feel if somebody claimed a domain you own was stolen just to freeze your account and waste your time. You'd be furious at GoDaddy for freezing your account over a fictitious claim.

They only need to freeze the account if the domain was moved very recently.

This. I want to upvote this comment a hundred times. If there's a dispute with probable cause, temporarily freezing the domain while launching an immediate investigation seems by far the best balance of thwarting domain theft and minimizing fraudulent claims.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by Shinkei »

jellicle wrote: post #69
soulshake wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

@jellicle, that doesn't sound like us. Can I look into your case further? If we messed up, we'll make it right.

This was several years ago; what's done is done. I moved all my domains to another provider shortly afterwards. I'm not giving you another chance to screw me.

You publicly complained about their customer service. They have offered to right the wrong. You have a poor sense of fairness if you are willing to make a public claim and then aren't willing to address the issue when the company calls you out on it.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by akcreek »

quackerhacker wrote: post #66
akcreek wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I (Anthony from the story) negotiated the price with the seller to $3,500. I had Jordan wire that to escrow.com while we waited for the domain, db and files to be transferred. We made this decision because nobody was helping (hosts/law enforcement) and with this action the worst case scenario became paying $3,500 for the site (assuming the seller didn't back out). After this the FBI took the case and they were involv…

Glad it was $3,500 as opposed to $30k....hope she gets it back! Would love to hear some back and forth between you and douche, I hope you post a blog!

We exchanged 47 emails from the 24th to the 28th. If I can grab some time I'll put a different kind of post together... more about the interactions, which were very up and down with this guy. I don't write a blog or anything so not sure where I'd post it though.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by rwallace »

harvestmoon wrote: post #58

The author did not mention that you can pay extra money to lock down a domain. If it is locked down, it can not be transferred without, iirc, a picture of your driver's license or something like that. There may also be time delays. For my valuable sites, I pay for this service.

That sounds like a good idea. How do you do it?

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by lingben »

Here are 3 simple changes that can prevent this:

* use 2 factor authentication (if your registrar doesn't find one that does or better yet, have ICANN rule that all registrars must have it)

* ICANN rule that says if a domain has been recently moved it can be frozen by previous owner until the matter is cleared up

* whois privacy will not only hide who the owner of the site is but also who the registrar is (if you don't know who the registar is among the hundreds out there, you can't target the right one with social engineering!)

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by weaksauce »

philbarr wrote: post #42
shiftpgdn wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked in webhosting for nearly a decade so I'm quite familiar with the volume of fraud and stolen domains. But to play the devils advocate how would you feel if somebody claimed a domain you own was stolen just to freeze your account and waste your time. You'd be furious at GoDaddy for freezing your account over a fictitious claim.

They only need to freeze the account if the domain was moved very recently.

And that you were demonstratively the previous owner.

Re: My website was stolen by a hacker and I got it back

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Post by gamebak »

akcreek wrote: post #62
graedus wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She retained the money. And then I called the wire transfer company and placed a stop on the payment. It's unclear to me how this works. At first, it seems as though she and Anthony pursued this action independently, which would seem quite risky: risk of the apparently-fraudulent stop payment not being processed in time, or at all, resulting in the loss of 30k; risk of legal action from the seller, however seemingly…

I (Anthony from the story) negotiated the price with the seller to $3,500. I had Jordan wire that to escrow.com while we waited for the domain, db and files to be transferred. We made this decision because nobody was helping (hosts/law enforcement) and with this action the worst case scenario became paying $3,500 for the site (assuming the seller didn't back out). After this the FBI took the case and they were involv…

I sent you an email to your inbox mentioned in your user profile. Someone tried to sell me that website as well and I did some research about him (got his skype, his email, and even his address ).
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