Want To Hijack a Domain? Just Get a Fax Machine 162
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."
Re:legal crime (Score:2, Informative)
Counts as both wire fraud and CFAA violations
Re: A hack is not just a hack (Score:4, Informative)
Why does your browser use a crappy font for monospaced text? There's a setting for that. Mine uses Consolas. It's readable. And it differentiates between O and 0, and other characters that look similar (if not identical) in most other fonts.
Re:legal crime (Score:4, Informative)
No, then it would be mail fraud, of course. US law treats the two pretty much the same, however; both are defined in Title 18 of the US Code, mail fraud in Section 1341, wire fraud in Section 1343.
Re:"hack" (Score:4, Informative)