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The United States has seized the domains Aletejahtv.com and Kataibhezbollah.com, that hosted websites utilized by Kata’ib Hizballah, a Specially Designated National and a Foreign Terrorist Organization. The domains are registered on GoDaddy and Name.co...
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October 24, 2020 DomainGang
Aletejahtv.com, Domain Crime, Kataibhezbollah.com, terrorism, USDOJ
Microsoft announced today that it has taken down Trickbot, a malware-spreading network by turning off its servers’ IP range. The Trickbot network had the potential to disrupt the ongoing US elections, and Microsoft obtained a federal court order ...
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October 12, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, trickbot, Trickbot.com
The CFTC charged PaxForex, a foreign exchange trading platform with offering illegal transactions in ether, litecoin and bitcoin. Operating from the domain PaxForex.com, the Forex platform operated from a shell company in St. Vincent and the Grenadines...
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September 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, paxforex, PaxForex.com, Seized domains
An article describing a recent data breach at Digital Point – the world’s biggest webmaster forum and marketplace for web related services – is definitely alarming. According to the report, a Digital Point data leak contained data of ...
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September 8, 2020 DomainGang
data breach, Digital Point, Domain Crime, domain hijacking
The US Department of Justice has confiscated three domain names acting as an oil transport front for sponsors of international terrorism. The seizure of the domains involves three front companies: Mobin International, Sohar Fuel, and Oman Fuel, that ar...
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August 29, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, MobinOGP.com, OmanFuel.com, Seized domains, seized servers, SoharFuel.com, terrorism, USDOJ
Federal agents are targeting domain crime involving Covid-19, and the latest shutdown involves the domain FaceMaskCenter.com. Registered in early 2020, the domain was used to facilitate PPE crime, allegedly by a facilitator of the terrorist organizatio...
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August 14, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Face Masks, facemaskcenter.com, PPE crime
The China Registry scam has been ongoing for several years. Operating from the domain ChinaRegistry.com.cn and several others, this is an attempt by scammers in China to pay up for fake trademark applications. How does this scam from China work? Let...
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July 15, 2020 DomainGang
China Registry scam, ChinaRegistry.com.cn, Chinese domain scam, Domain Crime, domain scam, nimesh@163.com
Federal agents have seized the domain LafoAuto.com, that sold “fuel filter silencer” products that are not registered with the National Firearms Registration bureau. So what are fuel filter silencers? These are homemade suppressors for fire...
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July 12, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, Fuel filter silencer, LafoAuto
The Department of Homeland Security has shut down two domain names involved in an online prostitution ring. CityXGuide.com and .net, along with BodyRubShop.com bear the following image: According to the indictment, the web sites’ operator netted ...
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June 19, 2020 DomainGang
Backpage, bodyrubshop.com, cityxguide.com, doj, Domain Crime, human trafficking, Seized domains, seized servers
The aged domain Poor.com was listed for sale at NamePros, with a BIN of $1,200 dollars. Its seller, account “LookMan19,” listed the domain for sale for only 3 hours. Answering questions by NamePros members, he insisted the domain for sale i...
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June 8, 2020 DomainGang
Domain Crime, namepros, poor.com