Last weekend, a thief armed with nothing more than a fax machine and a piece of paper made off with the whole enterprise. "It appears some forged documents were sent via fax to Network Solutions indicating that the domains should be transferred to someone in Canada," Meckler said.
Last weekend, a thief armed with nothing more than a fax machine and a piece of paper made off with the whole enterprise. "It appears some forged documents were sent via fax to Network Solutions indicating that the domains should be transferred to someone in Canada," Meckler said.

Much to Meckler's chagrin, Network Solutions promptly made the transfer. "There was no double-checking on the part of Network Solutions," he said. "What kind of business would fax in a letter saying, 'Just turn over these 1,300 domains?'"

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