Domain Theft-for-Ransom Hits css-tricks.com and Others

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Posted by timothy on Friday December 02, 2011 @08:41PM from the low-down-dirty-rotten dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Chris Coyer at css-tricks.com has had his domain transferred from GoDaddy.com to a registrar in Australia where it's being held for ransom. Several other domains have experienced the same theft by what seems to be the same person, and the registrars seem helpless to do anything about it."

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Re:Umm.... (Score:5, Funny)

by Concerned Onlooker ( 473481 ) writes: on Saturday December 03, 2011 @12:49AM (#38247448) Homepage Journal

"I thought it was the pirating != theft brigade that modded people into oblivion."

Well, I thought it was the pirating <= theft brigade that modded people into oblivion.

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by stephanruby ( 542433 ) writes: on Saturday December 03, 2011 @06:00AM (#38248598)

Damn! Austria must have invaded Australia.

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