Megaupload now redirect to free porn and malware, courtesy of the FBI

[RicePigeon]

Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/after-fbi-domain-expires-seized-megaupload-com-serves-up-porn/

Something suspicious started happening with Web addresses related to sites seized by the FBI from Megaupload and a number of online gambling sites. Instead of directing browsers to a page with an FBI banner, they started dropping Web surfers onto a malicious feed of Web advertisements—some of them laden with malware.

The hijacking of the Megaupload domains wasn't the result of some sophisticated hack. Based on evidence collected by Ars, it appears someone at the FBI's Cyber Division failed to renew the domain registration for CIRFU.NET, the domain which in turn hosted Web and name servers used to redirect traffic headed to seized domains. As soon as they expired, they were snatched up in a GoDaddy auction by a self-described "black hat SEO marketer," a British ex-pat who calls himself "Earl Grey."

The domain CIRFU.NET—maintained by the FBI's Cyber Initiative and Resources Fusion Unit—was registered through GoDaddy.com in 2009 through Domains By Proxy—the domain registration privacy service owned by GoDaddy. When the domain was renewed in 2011, the registration's privacy was dropped—and the "whois" data for the domain showed that it was registered to the Cyber Division of the FBI. The domain name was used for a series of name servers and websites operated by the FBI related to site seizures. The DNS records show that CIRFU.NET was on a two-year renewal cycle and set to expire on April 1, 2015 after an April 2, 2013 renewal. However, an April 3 retrieval of the Whois record showed that the domain had expired without renewal, and was on lockdown by GoDaddy awaiting either reactivation by the FBI or sale.

Your tax dollars at work america. Good jub. smh.

[Galvatron]

....[sigh].....

 

Sometimes it saddens me I live in a country filled with arrogance..   -_-

[Mister Fael]

It stopped redirecting to the FBI Logo after a while, but damn...