[Year 12 IT Apps] SpamAct 2003

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Yes, from what I can read someone gained access to their Yahoo domain registrar account, and illegally hijacked the domain, www.diigo.com
     http://advertisingindustrynewswire.com/2012/10/25/2297_192650.php

You can follow the progress of this live here
     https://twitter.com/diigo

The use of a backup domain is interesting, they must have been sitting on this from their past.  I wonder if this is good practice? It is a pity that a single password (actually two .. an admin and a technical account) is the only protection used for valuable domain name spaces. 

This has happened before and it is worth showing students this transcript from HowardForums
     http://www.howardforums.com/content.php/1103-We-re-Baaaaack

Regards Roland

On 26/10/2012, at 8:26 AM, "Turner, William S" <turner.william.s at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi Ffion
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> Issue with diigo?
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> Bill
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> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012 8:10 AM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] SpamAct 2003
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> Interesting... I went to add David's link to the ITA page on Diigo and found diigo.com's name servers have been hacked and the site is being redirected.  For those wanting to use diigo.com soon, use diigo.net instead.
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> On 26 October 2012 07:45, Howard, David <dhoward at stmichaels.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Interesting article regarding spam
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> http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/tiger-cops-110000-fine-for-spamming-customers-20121025-2877f.html
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> Cheers
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