MySpace and GoDaddy Shut Down Security Site

Several readers wrote in with a CNET report that raises novel free-speech questions. MySpace asked GoDaddy to pull the plug on Seclists.org, a site run by Fyodor Vaskovich, the father of nmap. The site hosts a quarter million pages of mailing-list archives and the like. MySpace did not obtain a court order or, apparently, compose a DMCA takedown notice: it simply asked GoDaddy to remove a site that happened to archive a list of thousands of MySpace usernames and passwords, and GoDaddy complied. Fyodor says the takedown happened without prior notice. The site was unavailable for about seven hours until he found out what was happening and removed the offending posting. The CNET article concludes: "When asked if GoDaddy would remove the registration for a news site like CNET News.com, if a reader posted illegal information in a discussion forum and editors could not be immediately reached over a holiday, Jones replied: 'I don't know... It's a case-by-case basis.'"

Re:Overkill

[Dimentox]

Your post contains information that could hurt the DMCA, Please shut down /. your compliance is manditory. :P (DMCA is Easilly abused.. hince Anshee Chung)

not an intelligent move..

[sanimalp]

The LAST thing in the world i would want to do as a registrar, or ANY web based business for that matter, is to piss off a bunch of hackers. I think karma might prevail on this one.

Re:Overkill

[Dimentox]

Sounds great, You start by posting yours.

Re:Case by case basis

[Original Replica]

""We have no backbone. We obey power."

So we should change the name to "YesDaddy".

the next few thousand registered usernames:

[A beautiful mind]

The next few thousand registered usernames on myspace will strangely resemble something like:

';DROP database;select * from x where '=
';DROP database;--
...
\';\'\';DROP database;--

It is very strange indeed.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

[pebs]

GoDaddy can GoFuckThemselves

Re:Unconscionable

[Some guy named Chris]

5. True: Boolean value for whether or not I am pissed-off.
6. Very Much: The level of item 5, above's, value.

Where did you learn the meaning of the word boolean?

Re:Overkill

[lazlo]

It could be worse. They could have contacted ICANN and said "We know that someone is hosting a bunch of compromised usernames and passwords somewhere in the .org hierarchy. Could you please remove that TLD?"

I mean, yeah, it sounds unlikely, but... what if it worked?

Re:Case-by-case basis...

[Anonymous Coward]

No, he loosed most of his credibility, duh.

Have you not the mettle to not meddle with the metal of your medals? Don't melt down them pennies!

Dear Godaddy

[boxxa]

Dear GoDaddy,

Please take down Myspace for poorly designed profiles and the constant server errors when I view girls pictures.

Thank you

Netsol

[bill_mcgonigle]

Let's post some usernames and passwords on MySpace and ask for their domain to be taken down. It only sounds fair.

Eh, they use Network Solutions as their registrar - good luck getting anything done there.

Good concept, though.