#domain-hijacking on Hacker News

2 stories tagged domain-hijacking, newest first.

Screenshot of anchor.host: GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation

GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation (anchor.host)

533 points by jamesponddotco 6 months ago | 212 comments

Anchor Hosting blog post describing how GoDaddy transferred control of a client's domain to a stranger without requiring any documentation.

godaddy domain-hijacking domain-registrar social-engineering

Screenshot of krebsonsecurity.com: Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years

Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years (krebsonsecurity.com)

925 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 228 comments

KrebsOnSecurity article on a MasterCard DNS server misconfiguration, a typo'd nameserver domain that went unnoticed for nearly five years until a researcher registered it.

dns mastercard domain-hijacking misconfiguration

#domain-hijacking on Hacker News

GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation(anchor.host)

Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years(krebsonsecurity.com)

GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation (anchor.host)

Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years (krebsonsecurity.com)