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Police Lose National High-Tech Crime Unit Website

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hate-when-that-happens dept.

Barence writes "The UK police have embarrassingly lost control of the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) website. PC Pro reports the police have sloppily let the domain registration lapse, and it has now been picked up by an opportunistic German owner. The NHTCU was disbanded two years ago, but sites such as the BBC were still linking to the website as recently as July, making it a prime target for malware writers or phishing attacks."

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  1. Goatse image posted to the NHTCU website in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    3...2...1...

  2. A Waste by nathan.fulton · · Score: 3, Funny

    The guy who owns it now is running a blog that looks like it was written by a cheap copywriter. I think I'm going to email him about acquiring the domain, the site could be used for some hilarious parodies. Its current use, or using it to commit crime, would be a waste of pure gold comedic content. Anyways, the risk looks minimal. I searched for sites linking to nhtcu.com and there aren't that many -- and BBC has already stripped most of its links.

  3. Re:Can't admit a mistake? by BountyX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually...cingular.com lapsed a couple years ago. I bought it. Thank you for your monthly patronage...

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  4. Re:Why does everything need its own domain name? by 2names · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else catch the irony of the parent going off on a DNS rant and then misusing "TLD" in said rant?

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  5. Re:Why does everything need its own domain name? by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I was focused on the obvious differences between www.unit.gov.uk and www.unit.com. One's an obvious UK government site, the other is probably a site where enL4r6e|\/|3N+$ are sold.

  6. Re:Can't admit a mistake? by russotto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually...cingular.com lapsed a couple years ago. I bought it. Thank you for your monthly patronage...

    You're welcome. I've noticed a distinct improvement in service and drop in price since you took over from the real AT&T.

  7. Re:Why does everything need its own domain name? by 2names · · Score: 2, Funny

    HA! Good one! You owe me one keyboard, though, as mine is now covered with delicious Mountain Dew® and Jimmy John's© sandwich remnants.

    Mountain Dew® is a registered trademark of Pepsico, INC.
    Jimmy John's: ©2007 Jimmy John's Franchise, LLC All rights reserved.

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  8. Re:Why does everything need its own domain name? by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I was too busy reminiscing about old Doctor Who episodes and idly musing if UNIT actually existed.

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