This whole thing appears to be a fraud. The IP address range 66.55.96.0 - 66.55.111.255 belongs to Funds Xpress Financial Network, Inc. in Austin TX. 66.55.192.0 - 66.55.223.255 belongs to Great Works Internet of Biddeford ME.
Who decided those IP addresses belong to Microsoft? Please check whois.arin.net
I ran whois queries on all 137 domains listed above, and two (goldencasino.com and itsrealpoker.com) registered with answerable.com appear to be owned by Michael Brown. Two others (highrollerslounge.com and luckypyramidcasino.com) are registered with enom.com and appear to be owned by Eric Lycan.
None of the others seem to have been affected. Both Michael Brown and Eric Lycan have the same email address, allegedly that of secretary of justice for Kentucky.
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This whole thing appears to be a fraud. The IP address range 66.55.96.0 - 66.55.111.255 belongs to Funds Xpress Financial Network, Inc. in Austin TX. 66.55.192.0 - 66.55.223.255 belongs to Great Works Internet of Biddeford ME. Who decided those IP addresses belong to Microsoft? Please check whois.arin.net
I ran whois queries on all 137 domains listed above, and two (goldencasino.com and itsrealpoker.com) registered with answerable.com appear to be owned by Michael Brown. Two others (highrollerslounge.com and luckypyramidcasino.com) are registered with enom.com and appear to be owned by Eric Lycan. None of the others seem to have been affected. Both Michael Brown and Eric Lycan have the same email address, allegedly that of secretary of justice for Kentucky.