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DNForum hacked

DNForum hacked

DNForum, the largest internet forum regarding domain names, has been hacked.

The hack job appears to be the work of the same group or individual that hacked SnapNames in January 2006. If you typed DNForum.com into your browser earlier this morning you saw a screen with an Iranian flag and a reference to [email protected] (see screenshot below). The SnapNames hack incident had a similar screen counting the same e-mail address.

Hack attempts are unfortunately nothing fresh in this industry. Last year a number of domain parking firms were subject to denial of service attacks, possibly launched by a competitor.

DNForum owner Adam Dicker is right now in Florida attending the TRAFFIC conference.

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