Feathercoin dot ORG / NET / INFO Domains Hacked!

cryptocat

Hi guys,

I know I’m new here, but the reason I joined the forum was specifically to make this post. I don’t know if any of you have noticed but the feathercoin.org / feathercoin.net and feathercoin.info domains appear to have been hacked with a redirection to some really obscene porn stuff.

Anyway, it doesn’t look good. I for one want to see FTC become a success story as I have invested in the coin. So, is there any way this can be sorted out by someone with the appropriate skills and knowledge?

Many thanks, I just thought I would bring it to the attention of the forum.

ShadowEW

Unless justabitoftime or someone else gets into contact with the domain provider(s) I doubt anyone can do anything.
For all we know, they might not be ‘hacked’ just that the person who’s purchased the domains has forwarded them as such.
Feathercoin.org is registered with GoDaddy, yeah, good fudging luck…
So is Feathercoin.net and Feathercoin.info …
I’d say the chances of getting these changed are, pretty near impossible. I’ve been on sites where the site owner (domain owner) couldn’t do fudge all to get his domain back after the renew perior lapsed by a few hours. GoDaddy are absolute domain name swines.

cryptocat

Yeah, I guess you’re right. Where are anonymous when you need them eh? Someone must know how to deal with it if you know what I mean?

ShadowEW

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Yeah, I guess you’re right. Where are anonymous when you need them eh? Someone must know how to deal with it if you know what I mean?
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AFAIK, unless you know the login details or email addresses used to register the domain names (of which they’ve requested and have in place whois protection) then you won’t be getting those domains changed. x~x

cryptocat

Ok, here is what I’m prepared to do. I will personally put up 50 FTC for any hacker or skilled individual who can return those hacked domains to something more palatable. i.e clean them up and make them favorable to a Feathercoin perspective. Anyone else care to contribute to the bounty or make it a bigger reward? Of course proof of service will have to be provided ;^)

Markus1337

Or maybe we just get everyone to DDoS?

sheepson

Are we even sure it’s ‘hacked’?

What Shadows says, he might just purchased the domains and redirected them to a other site.

Markus1337

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Are we even sure it’s ‘hacked’?

What Shadows says, he might just purchased the domains and redirected them to a other site.
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But don’t you think buying 3 domains related to feathercoin and redirecting them to some tumblr porn site is stupid? Someone should at least take it down as it’s making a bad impact on the new people who are trying to get into fct… :/

ShadowEW

[quote name=“Markus1337” post=“1772” timestamp=“1368093383”]
[quote author=sheepson link=topic=316.msg1771#msg1771 date=1368093119]
Are we even sure it’s ‘hacked’?

What Shadows says, he might just purchased the domains and redirected them to a other site.
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But don’t you think buying 3 domains related to feathercoin and redirecting them to some tumblr porn site is stupid? Someone should at least take it down as it’s making a bad impact on the new people who are trying to get into fct… :/
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Stupid yes, irresponsible yes, if the user ‘owns’ the domains as in has paid for them then they’re free to do as they please with them unfortunately.
It’s more likely been purchased out of spite and wanting to slander FTC, I wonder who that could be… Maybe just a few thousand possible people/users. =w=

Bushstar

We have not been hacked. This is the one and only official site. Someone has registered several domains posing as Feathercoin and is forwarding them to explicit material. This has set a new low for trolls out there.

I’m not sure what we can do about this. I am aware that there are now anti-squatting laws but I doubt these apply here as Feathercoin is not a registered trademark. If we have any lawyers in the crowd please lend your experience if you are willing. I will of course be happy to contribute for your time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticybersquatting_Consumer_Protection_Act

Tuck Fheman

I’m no expert, but at this point I think your only recourse may be to buy the domains from the individuals who currently own them. And the sooner the better.

ShadowEW

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I’m no expert, but at this point I think your only recourse may be to buy the domains from the individuals who currently own them. And the sooner the better.
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I have a funny feeling that the owner/register of the domains is either not going to give them up, or is going to request an absurd amount of money. Of which really wouldn’t surprise me.

Tuck Fheman

Then again … why pay them? .COM is the accepted TLD. No one pays much attention to .NET and .INFO. The .ORG is probably not a big issue either. If the current owners are not asking a lot to sell them, it may be worth it. Otherwise, I personally wouldn’t bother since .net, .info. org aren’t really worth much compared to the .COM.

With all that said, protecting a (for lack of a better term) brand is [b]very important[/b]. The fact that it was brought up on this forum shows some people will find these links. How many will not have teh internet wit to figure out the .COM is the actual site and the others are spammers is a guess, but I’d guess low.

ShadowEW

[quote name=“Tuck Fheman” post=“2102” timestamp=“1368179969”]
Then again … why pay them? .COM is the accepted TLD. No one pays much attention to .NET and .INFO. The .ORG is probably not a big issue either. If the current owners are not asking a lot to sell them, it may be worth it. Otherwise, I personally wouldn’t bother since .net, .info. org aren’t really worth much compared to the .COM.

With all that said, protecting a (for lack of a better term) brand is [b]very important[/b]. The fact that it was brought up on this forum shows some people will find these links. How many will not have teh internet wit to figure out the .COM is the actual site and the others are spammers is a guess, but I’d guess low.
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One key way I can think people will end up on .org… Is thinking logically from the Litecoin URL http://Litecoin.org . http://Litecoin.com redirects to org. x:

http://Bitcoin.com redirects to http://Bitcoin.org too.

http://Ppcoin.com also redirects to http://Ppcoin.org

If anything, http://Feathercoin.com is the odd one out. ^^;

Seems someone has spotted a mistake/flaw in this community and are looking to profit from it. IMO.

Tuck Fheman

[url=http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/avoid-trademark-infringement-domain-name-29032.html]http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/avoid-trademark-infringement-domain-name-29032.html[/url]

If you choose a domain name that conflicts with any one of the millions of commercial names that already exist, you risk losing it. And if you’ve put money and sweat into marketing your website and then are forced to give the domain name up, your Web-based business is likely to suffer a damaging, if not fatal, blow.

The rules for understanding whether a legal conflict exists comes from trademark law. Here are the basics you need to understand:

[b]Names that identify the source of products or services in the marketplace are trademarks.[/b]
Trademarks that are clever, memorable or suggestive are protected under federal and state law.
Trademarks that are descriptive and have achieved distinction through sales and advertising can be protected under federal and state law.
One trademark legally conflicts with another when the use of both trademarks is likely to confuse customers about the products or services, or their source.
[b]In case of a legal conflict with a later user, the first commercial user of a trademark owns it.[/b]
If a legal conflict is found to exist, the later user will probably have to stop using the mark and may even have to pay the trademark owner damages.

Customer Confusion

Applying these principles to your domain name selection, you are at risk of losing your chosen domain name if the owner of an existing trademark convinces a judge or arbitrator that your use of the domain name makes it likely that customers would be confused as to the source or quality of the products.

Sometimes similar domain names can cause customers to buy different goods or services than what they intended to buy. For instance, suppose, on the recommendation of a friend, you decide to purchase Lee’s famous Flamebrain barbecue sauce, which is sold only on the Web. You intend to type “flamebrain.com” into your browser but accidentally enter “flamerbrain.com” instead. You get a website run by Henry, who has both copied Lee’s idea to offer a barbecue sauce for sale on the Web and, with a very minor variation, the name of Lee’s sauce. You order two bottles, completely unaware that you ordered the wrong product from the wrong website. You get a barbecue sauce that is much inferior to Lee’s famous sauce.
Protected Trademarks

Customer confusion matters only if a domain name that’s similar to the one you want to use is a protected trademark. To be protected, a trademark must be distinctive. A name may be distinctive because it is made up (chumbo.com for an online software store), arbitrary in the context of its use (apple.com for computer products), fanciful (ragingbull.com for investment advice) or suggestive of the underlying product or service (salon.com for an online magazine). If a domain name uses surnames, geographic names or common words that describe some aspect of the goods or services sold on the website (healthanswers.com for online health information) it is ineligible for trademark protection unless the owner can demonstrate distinction through substantial sales and advertising. If the trademark owner has been able to register a name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, it is probably distinctive.

ShadowEW

Feathercoin.com who.is information:
[quote=who.is]
Registrant Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 123 43
City: YBN
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1z5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095750
Email: hushh@tormail.org

Administrative Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 1007-1221 Homer St
City: Vancouver
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1c5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095730
Email: aaa.@gmail.com

Technical Contact Information:
Name: Alex Alexandrov
Address 1: 1007-1221 Homer St
City: Vancouver
State: British Columbia
Zip: v6b 1c5
Country: CA
Phone: +1.7787095730
Email: aaa.@gmail.com

Information Updated: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:25:21 UTC[/quote]

Legitimate or not, you decide. If it’s not legitimate information we can try and contact GoDaddy on grounds of falsified information.
If it IS legitimate information, it’s a possible foothold into talking with the Domain registerer.

Update:

A little background check on this person reveals he owns 99 domain names, I doubt he was hacked.
Domains include:
http://LiteCoinExchangeRate.com
http://LiteCoinFaucet.com
http://LiteCoin.net
http://NameCoinFaucet.com
http://ppcoinwatch.com
http://litecoincalculator.org
http://LiteCoinWatch.org
http://NameCoinMarket.org
http://LiteCoinMarket.org
http://NovaCoinFaucet.com
http://PpCoinCentral.com
http://NovaCoinMarket.com

And the list continues… X:

As this person owns LiteCoin.net … I’m really leaning towards this person is out to make quick money and to taint FTC. x:

Tuck Fheman

I wonder if “they” are monitoring this discussion. Just a guess. Check the sites now.

ShadowEW

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I wonder if “they” are monitoring this discussion. Just a guess. Check the sites now.
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It seems most of the domains aren’t actually pointed at anything ‘yet’ but being a domain registrar of so many makes me wonder what this person is actually upto. :/

Tuck Fheman

Currently they’re all pointing to this …

[url=http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090930/640/demotivators_640_12.jpg]http://img.izismile.com/img/img2/20090930/640/demotivators_640_12.jpg[/url]

aysyr

FYI the person who did that was cycloid from bitcointalkorg. I actually saw the post where he mentioned it being a “stretch” for Feathercoin to get noticed and then posted the links to those three sites. Then dreamwatcher commented on it and put him down for doing such idiotic things.