WhoIs.com hacked / dns redirected?

#1

Post by esonica » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 1:05 AM UTC

It's not often Whois.com gets hacked. Even worse if its a DNS attack, given that is their primary business.

Got a screener here in case it gets fixed quick : http://imgur.com/guUzL

WhoIs.com hacked / dns redirected?
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Re: WhoIs.com hacked / dns redirected?

#2

Post by esonica » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 1:06 AM UTC

It's not often Whois.com gets hacked. Even worse if its a DNS attack, given that is their primary business.

Got a screener here in case it gets fixed quick : http://imgur.com/guUzL

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#3

Post by absconditus » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 2:45 AM UTC

esonica wrote: post #2

It's not often Whois.com gets hacked. Even worse if its a DNS attack, given that is their primary business. Got a screener here in case it gets fixed quick : http://imgur.com/guUzL

It's not often? Has it happened before?

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#4

Post by absconditus » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 3:00 AM UTC

A dozen services are hacked every week. What discussion is there to be had about this?

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#5

Post by dzlobin » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 3:06 AM UTC

Completely unimpressive, useless hack.

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#6

Post by gojomo » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 3:14 AM UTC

absconditus wrote: post #4

A dozen services are hacked every week. What discussion is there to be had about this?

And, why promote a direct link to a site that's under malicious-actor control?

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#7

Post by novum » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 3:25 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #6

absconditus wrote: post #4

A dozen services are hacked every week. What discussion is there to be had about this?

And, why promote a direct link to a site that's under malicious-actor control?

I agree it's not a good idea to visit a site known to be under attack, but merely reporting the attack will cause an increase in traffic.

Here's a screenshot in case you'd like to see the site without visiting: http://drp.ly/edn98

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#8

Post by Batsu » Sun, Jan 17, 2010, 4:28 AM UTC

esonica wrote: post #2

It's not often Whois.com gets hacked. Even worse if its a DNS attack, given that is their primary business. Got a screener here in case it gets fixed quick : http://imgur.com/guUzL

Just for reference, all I see is the standard address not found browser error page.