How does a hacker steal a website? So many questions.

silisili 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You steal the domain name, not the website so to speak. Which would mean someone got their registrar credentials most likely.

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TurdF3rguson 12 hours ago | parent [-]

And transferred it away? Registrars make it really hard to do that if you're not the actual person. I'm finding it hard to believe someone can do this anonymously.

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iwontberude 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah that’s because it’s not what happened. It’s a common expiration snipe.

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TurdF3rguson 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That's neither hacking nor stealing

	▲	coldtea 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Legally and technically no, but it borders on both...

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rezonant 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Except the domain did not expire, if you check WHOIS.

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RevEng 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Registration expires, someone snaps it up immediately. It happened to a customer of mine with a domain that was their name. It pointed at a page saying it was available for sale for $4000.

	▲	gitaarik 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Don't domain registars auto-renew domains for you?