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Police Lose National High-Tech Crime Unit Website
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."
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.
Actually...cingular.com lapsed a couple years ago. I bought it. Thank you for your monthly patronage...
Trying to install linux on my microwave, but keep getting a kernel panic...
Anyone else catch the irony of the parent going off on a DNS rant and then misusing "TLD" in said rant?
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
You're welcome. I've noticed a distinct improvement in service and drop in price since you took over from the real AT&T.