US shuts down 84,000 domains on accident
ICE once again proves its muster by coming in with huge arms and swiping at what should be a precision operation. The incompetence and ignorance in law enforcement at with computer crimes is mind boggling.
The domain in question is mooo.com, which belongs to the DNS provider FreeDNS. It is the most popular shared domain at afraid.org and as a result of the authorities’ actions a massive 84,000 subdomains were wrongfully seized as well. All sites were redirected to…
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