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- SoopaflySAM, on 11/03/2008, -15/+180Digg this if you have no idea what MakeUseOf.com is
- ace429k, on 11/03/2008, -1/+27he only wanted 2k?
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -1/+22Gmail is pretty damned popular.
Your alternative suggestion? - flegend, on 11/03/2008, -1/+17Really scary. I use GoDaddy and gmail. I hope it's not a hack...
- AikoMiko, on 11/03/2008, -3/+17Yes yes, all people of middle eastern decent are thieves. Funny, you probably think you aren't a racist.
- bluewavemedia, on 11/03/2008, -0/+13This an absolute nightmare and a terror for all the business conducting on the web using inexpensive domain name companies - it should have never been transferred that quickly and should have had other measure in place to actually verify the true owner. This sickens me.
- babychen, on 11/03/2008, -5/+16bloody scary stuff. looks like a gmail security flaw...
- collution, on 11/03/2008, -2/+11That's *****.
I own about 80 domains, and I suppose i'm more unusual the the average but I check my accounts daily (usually because of work). I'm not a domainer or squatter but design & do web design, also flip sites. Anyway, GoDaddy sends you confirmations for each domain you purchase, it's up to you to keep up with them. And if you fall for spam emails so easily, you probably shouldn't be handling domains anyway. No company can control emails, no matter the cost of the domain. GoDaddy domains cost $10 tax included and i'd call that pretty average. I've been with GoDaddy for years and had one technical issue. That's about all I will say. By the way Yahoo is cheaper & much worse. Namecheap doesn't compare in features.
PROTIP: Don't be stupid. Consolidate all of your domains to one registrar you trust. Not becase of fear of losing it but for organization. Jumping registrar to registrar to check your domains can be a hassle and one hell of a waste of time. - peterjmag, on 11/03/2008, -0/+9http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox- ...
It's a pretty cool site (sort of similar to LifeHacker, I'd say), and I'm pretty sure I've seen quite a few of their articles frontpaged on Digg. - inactive, on 11/03/2008, -0/+9Me.
- kangy3213, on 11/03/2008, -1/+9I can't believe the ass who took the domain want 2 K to give it back...
someone must have his IP...
they have his name now, sue his ass - inigomntoya, on 11/03/2008, -0/+8I hadn't even heard of the site before this happened. Now it is all over Digg! This publicity will only help them in the future - unless, of course, this turns out to be a bad publicity stunt...
- floort, on 11/03/2008, -5/+13I have had about 50 spammy emails from ENOM claiming that my domains were expired and to please click through. Of course I don't as I know who my registrars are... It was only s matter of time before thieves got into the domain name theft business. This is also why people shouldn't use godaddy. Cheap domains means they don't have the resources to properly secure your purchase.
- jemmrich, on 11/03/2008, -1/+9Sadly this person will get away with this, and in all, just caused a lot of frustration and anger between many people, while he eagerly works on the next victim from some net cafe.
- Spartz, on 11/03/2008, -1/+8Woah... All the concern about GoDaddy... but what about GMail?? Anyway, it could be that one of the guys of MakeUseOf logged into their account on a keylogged computer.
- offrdbandit, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7Tons.
Of gold.
Overnight. - kabaka, on 11/03/2008, -5/+12I'm going to have to add this to the list of reasons I don't use Gmail or any other web mail services. Ugh.
And wow, GoDaddy. What the hell? I've trusted these guys for years. I have the majority of my domains with another more reputable registrar, but still. Regardless, I wish MakeUseOf luck... - inigomntoya, on 11/03/2008, -0/+5Or the hacker answered a few security questions to gain access? This will be very interesting to find out exactly how he gained access.
- G-RaZoR, on 11/04/2008, -0/+5If you spent a couple grand on domains when you were 13, you had it coming to you. Just saying.
- inactive, on 11/03/2008, -4/+9It's not a Gmail security flaw.
You are an imbecile. - mcspeakeasy, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4It might be easy to blame the Gmail team for the flaw, but ultimately they run the service according to procedure and most likely excuse themselves under terms and conditions of all such fraud problems.
The only ways that I think this hacker could have gotten access to this account was by:
A) typing randomly the answer (which is incredible luck (unless the password was something like "password"))
B) sending some kind of trojan/virus to the site's administrators computer and then unleashing a keylog that would allow him to take the passwords off the admin's computer and send the password to some remote account.
C) physically being at the guys computer and searching the saved password lists (the Dubai location, could be a pseudonym for all we know, and this hacker could have a proxy for his IP address, so its no way for sure to know if Dubai is even the real location or person).
D) the admin clicked on some phishing site like "www.gnail.com" or something like that and then was asked to enter his password was was promptly told it didn't work, and then transferred him to the real gmail page, but logging his password into the fake gmail database. - EmperorPsiblade, on 11/03/2008, -1/+5Right, the rest of us would like to know too.
- Totz83, on 11/03/2008, -1/+5*****, it's hard to believe that GoDaddy has no transfer protection contingency plan in place to prevent this kind of thing
- clide, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4There was a flaw about a year ago that allowed sites to create a Gmail filter on someone's account. Here is a site explaining it http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/google-gmail-e-mail ...
It could be that the account was compromised then and the filter was just now put to use. Hopefully it is not a new flaw. - Atomic1fire, on 11/03/2008, -1/+4what, No attempts to attack or humiliate ali?
I am impressed digg is taking this so well. - offrdbandit, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3And there is no convenient way to convert form years to months.
- diggdatt, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3Some ugly web dev/design blog, everynow and then it has decent stuff, but its often nothing but lists of junk
- 0011002, on 11/03/2008, -1/+4Have fun losing your domains if anyone ever gets in!
FTA:
Now what you have to ask yourself is this :
Why did GoDaddy go so fast? In fact in the transfer confirmation email that we received from GoDaddy it stated that we have 3 business days to cancel the transfer. However, when we logged into the account the domain was already moved, in less then an hour. Is it THAT EASY to snatch the domain from GoDaddy? - beesaretasty, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3You know now. My guess is they'll make out pretty well in the end with increased traffic from the number of times you read this story over the past couple of days.
- inactive, on 11/03/2008, -1/+4if (name.value == amneosis)
set.iq = 0 - s0nicfreak, on 11/04/2008, -0/+3Cost your parents a couple grand, you mean.
- inigomntoya, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2exactly. everything they do has a good side and a bad side. Its great that they treat a single person the same way they treat their largest customer. But then something like this happens and it shows that maybe you shouldn't treat a large organization then same way you treat the most insignificant end user...
- inactive, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2Why get mad at GoDaddy? It was Gmail that sucked in this case. A strong password and they still got hacked. Without the Gmail info the domain would never have been transferred. If you wanted a domain transferred and GoDaddy did it so quickly you would be happy that it didn't take long.
- sc0tty0, on 11/03/2008, -1/+3somehow I saw makeuseof CRACK.
- Lst01, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2No, it's not.
- alexlinebrink, on 11/03/2008, -1/+3GoDaddy is just too darned big --- there is NO quality control. I love the prices, and the servers seem stable, but DANG --- this isn't worth the dollar or two savings per month.
- PamalaLauren, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2So I own three sites through GoDaddy and all my email accounts are gmail. Can anyone tell me what would be a better email option? Would going through my sites email (hosting service) be a better option? I admit this is not an area where I'm up to speed really. I just build the websites and write a blog.
- Dynamoo, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2It's either XSS or a GoDaddy phish. Of course it could be that the current registrant has acquired it through a third party in good faith.. you never know.
- drunkmuppet, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2I love how the 3rd story down on www.makeuseof.com is about securing your computer.
- centran, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2They do, but the hacker had access to the email accounts.
I had to transfer a domain to godaddy one time(not from) but if I remember correctly it goes something like this.
You must unlock the domain(which the hacker had access to). The registrar you are transferring to sends an email to the email listing under the domain name. This is an approval email with a code. The hacker had access to the email so they approved it. You current domain registrar sends you an email saying your domain is being transferred so please approve it. Again, the hacker had access to the email so he approved it. Then you go to the registrar you are transferring to and enter the code then it is usually transferred fairly quickly(but you get the normal warning that it may take 3 days as with anything you do with a domain) - Hardcase, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2Hey, something just set off my BS alarm. I wonder what it was?
- magnoliasouth, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2Makeuseof.com has been around quite sometime.
- zaren, on 11/03/2008, -1/+3So who should someone go to for registrar service other than godaddy? I've used a few other places over the years and had nightmare experiences trying to move my name from their service (joker.com in particular).
- GavinZac, on 11/03/2008, -1/+2Presumably, he was keylogged or rootkit'd. People worrying about 'gmail exploits' need to realise the weakest link in a chain is the user and the user's discretion.
The irony being that the final post before this was about him securing his Mac laptop with some dud applications with aqua icons. - nrox653, on 11/04/2008, -0/+1Makeuseof still is no different. WHOIS says domain is "locked".
- 0011002, on 11/04/2008, -0/+1Ok I work in this business the transfer process is suppose to take 5 to 7 days for this reason. What I am saying is there is no reason a transfer from godaddy even with a hacked gmail account should go THAT fast! the whole your suppose to have a 3 day response window with godaddy to dispute the transfer. I was mad as hell when i learned that WildWest had locked my domain from a transfer when I updated the whois info until i understood it was for my own protection like this not to be *****. So yes i find fault with godaddy's security policy.
"In fact in the transfer confirmation email that we received from GoDaddy it stated that we have" *important part that didn't happent>>> * "3 business days to cancel the transfer." - newman8r, on 11/04/2008, -1/+2well it's going to increase their popularity
can't rule it out - Jynx97, on 11/03/2008, -2/+3Never heard of makeuseof.com. Possibly this is some sort of stunt?
- hotpuck6, on 11/04/2008, -0/+1well that's a little different now isn't it. First come, first serve, even if the first is an assbag.
- abadonn, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1There is a squatting company sitting on my last name .com, and it's been there for 5 years. They want 4.5 K
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