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Want To Hijack a Domain? Just Get a Fax Machine

Posted by Soulskill on from the why-are-fax-machines-still-a-thing dept.

msm1267 writes "Metasploit's HD Moore says hackers sent a spoofed DNS change request via fax to Register.com that the registrar accepted, leading to a DNS hijacking attack against the Metasploit and Rapid7 websites. The two respective homepages were defaced with a message left by the same hacker collective that claimed responsibility for a similar DNS attack against Network Solutions. Rapid7 said the two sites' DNS records have been locked down and they are investigating."

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  1. Re:"hack" by schneidafunk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so preachers are hackers?

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