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NSI Webjacking Incident: Forged Documents Cause Domain Transfer

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?'" The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . A hacker leveraged a printer to initiate a data breach, raising alarms about email hijacking and encryption measures.. Webjacking, Domain Theft, Security Flaws, Fax Machine Fraud, Cybersecurity News. . Anthony Pell

Jun 08, 2000 • Anthony Pell Network Security