Back in June of last year the controversial registrar Epik changed owners. Whether that change was purely on paper or if it was a completely new set of people behind the company or not was unknown. Yesterday, however, ICANN finally granted its approval to the transfer of the accreditation's ownership. Epik put out a press release on the news: [Sheridan, WY. January … [Read more...] about ICANN Approves Epik Change of Ownership
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Epik Hack Exposes Data of Millions of Non-Customers
Domain name registrar and web hosting provider Epik has been hacked and a very large amount of data is now "in the wild". At this juncture it's unclear exactly how much data is involved, but indications would suggest that the breach was extensive and included not only customer details, but also credit card data. While any hack is serious and a data breach is always a … [Read more...] about Epik Hack Exposes Data of Millions of Non-Customers
Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
Parler has been offline for several days now and there have been thousands of articles written about how that happened and, more importantly, why. At time of writing Parler.com is showing a simple holding page: The text reads: Now seems like the right time to remind you all — both lovers and haters — why we started this platform. We believe privacy is paramount and … [Read more...] about Parler Attempting to Come Back Online
Gab.com Back Online
A few days after going offline gab.com is back. The domain was booted by GoDaddy a few days ago and then switched to Uniregistry. Somehow, and this isn't clear to me, the domain then moved again onto Epik. Epik did not simply accept the domain transfer, but actually seem to be welcoming it with open arms. Wired have a good piece covering the site and domain and how it … [Read more...] about Gab.com Back Online