The rash of domain name attempted thefts that was
first reported last week continued today with internet.com Corp.,
publisher of InternetNews.com,
among the latest targets.
The would-be hijackers succeeded in forcing a change in the public Internic
record for internet.com. As of mid-day, the WHOIS record for internet.com
incorrectly listed BCS Inc. of Montreal, QC as the domain name owner. The
domain name root records were not changed and traffic to the site was not
affected.
internet.com technical staff was assured by NSI that the DNS records would
not be re-directed and the mistake would be rectified within hours.
Alan Meckler, internet.com Corp.'s Chairman and CEO, said, "It's clear
there is a security issue here that Network Solutions' needs to address,"
but Meckler said he was confident the appropriate steps were being taken to
minimize any possible damage from this attack. "When you have valuable
property, you have to expect it will be greatly sought after," Meckler
said, adding that he had directed the company's legal department to pursue
the matter with the FBI.
Digg - The 100 oldest .com Domains currently registered::
Aside from a few LISP hackers who actually remember what was cool about MIT . was expecting Internet.com to be on the top 100 oldest .com domain list.
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System Toolbox::
A great summary along with many statistics on registered domain names. .. Ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick has become a target for hackers.
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