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DHS: Multiple US gov domains hit in serious DNS hijacking wave

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Re: DHS: Multiple US gov domains hit in serious DNS hijacking wave

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Was the gist of this the lack of MFA/2FA on DNS admin authentication and their admin accounts getting popped through brute force or phishing? The articles I have read seem to hype this up as a sophisticated attack. From what I can see, it was a targeted account take-over.

Re: DHS: Multiple US gov domains hit in serious DNS hijacking wave

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Was the gist of this the lack of MFA/2FA on DNS admin authentication and their admin accounts getting popped through brute force or phishing? The articles I have read seem to hype this up as a sophisticated attack. From what I can see, it was a targeted account take-over.

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