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October 31st 2023

I’m Struggling to Think of a Good Example to Use for Google’s New ‘.ing’ Domain Name

Google is offer.ing early registration for your unhinged URL idea but these domains don't go for cheap.

Tech News Florence Ion Oct 31

February 2nd 2023

This Violently Misogynistic Incel Community Is Rewriting Its Own History Through an Incel Wiki

A recent report shows how "involuntary celibate" groups are getting thousands of hits for pages claiming "the blackpill" has a historical/scientific basis.

Internet Kyle Barr Feb 2

September 16th 2022

Parler Enters the Cloud Service Business on an ‘Uncancelable’ Crusade

Once de-platformed, the right-wing social media site is expanding and pivoting to offer virtual shelter to other banished internet companies.

Tech News Lauren Leffer Sep 16

August 4th 2022

The Founder of GeoCities on What Killed the ‘Old Internet’

David Bohnett on what sets the social web apart, how GeoCities handled hate speech, and the profound need to log off more often.

Tech News Jody Serrano Aug 4

May 13th 2022

Hackers Are Exploiting WordPress Tools to Hawk Scams

Security researchers sounded the alarm on the hacking campaign, which redirected site visitors to scams.

Privacy & Security Jody Serrano May 13

February 28th 2022

7 Crypto and NFT Projects That Were Total Scams (February 2022 Edition)

The worst rugpulls of the month took home over $8.5 million.

Cryptocurrencies Matt Novak Feb 28

November 23rd 2021

A Security Breach Exposed Emails and Site Passwords of 1.2 Million of GoDaddy’s WordPress Customers

The company said that hackers were able to gain access to its system through a "compromised password."

Privacy & Security Jody Serrano Nov 23

September 14th 2021

Anonymous Claims to Have Stolen Huge Trove of Data From Epik, the Right-Wing’s Favorite Web Host

The controversial domain registrar, which has been known to host Nazis and other unfortunate groups, apparently just had all of its data boosted.

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Sep 14

September 12th 2021

Salesforce Will Help Employees Worried About Abortion Access Exit Texas

CEO Marc Benioff tweeted: "Ohana if you want to move we’ll help you exit TX. Your choice."

Tech News Jody Serrano Sep 12

September 7th 2021

The Right’s Favorite Web Refuge Has Also Booted Texas’s Abortion Snitching Website

Domain registrar Epik has reportedly cut ties with a 'whistleblower' site that gathered anonymous tips on Texas abortion-seekers.

Tech News Whitney Kimball Sep 7

September 3rd 2021

GoDaddy Is Giving Texas Abortion Snitching Site the Boot

GoDaddy said it had given the anti-abortion tip line 24 hours to find a new hosting provider.

Tech News Brianna Provenzano Sep 3

September 1st 2021

Here’s How You Can Help Shut Down the Vile Website for Snitching on People Who Get Abortions in Texas

The site was started for Texans to report violations of the state's "heartbeat bill."

Internet Shoshana Wodinsky Sep 1

April 17th 2021

U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months

U.S. federal investigators are purportedly looking into a security breach at Codecov, a platform used to test software code with more 29,000 customers worldwide, Reuters reported on Saturday. The company has confirmed the breach and stated that it went undetected for months. According to Reuters, the breach has affected an unknown number of the company’s…

Privacy & Security Jody Serrano Apr 17

February 24th 2021

Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump

Moving into 2021 and forward, conservatives angry about “cancel culture,” censorship, shadowbans, or the attention of the FBI have a rich array of social destinations to choose from. We’ve prepped a travel guide for the unwitting observer who might be thinking of checking any of these conspicuous and lesser-known internet hellholes out—whether it’s to keep…

Politics Tom McKay Feb 24

December 25th 2020

GoDaddy: Sorry We Promised Holiday Bonuses, That Was Just a Phishing Test

GoDaddy decided that December would be a great time to test whether its employees are staying alert when it comes to cybersecurity threats. At a time when its staff is trying to navigate a holiday season hobbled by a pandemic and an ailing economy, the web hosting giant sent a phishing email with an offer…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 25

November 21st 2020

Attackers Dupe GoDaddy Staff Into Helping Them Take Down Cryptocurrency Services

Roughly one year after a data breach at GoDaddy compromised 28,000 customer accounts, the world’s largest internet domain registrar is once again at the center of a security scandal. Hackers brought down several cryptocurrency services using GoDaddy domains in recent weeks, and apparently the company’s own staff unwittingly helped in these attacks. Hackers purportedly duped…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley Nov 21

May 5th 2020

GoDaddy Was Apparently Hacked Last Year, So Check Your Hosting Account Credentials

If you have a domain through GoDaddy, you might want to take a minute to reset your password and PIN and enable two-factor authentication if you haven’t already. The domain registrar and web hosting company has been hacked, says Threat Post. According to the California Attorney General, GoDaddy submitted the breach report on May 3—just…

Privacy & Security Joanna Nelius May 5

January 29th 2014

How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username

I had a rare Twitter username, @N. Yep, just one letter. I’ve been offered as much as $50,000 for it. People have tried to steal it. Password reset instructions are a regular sight in my email inbox. As of today, I no longer control @N. I was extorted into giving it up. While eating lunch…

Tech News Naoki Hiroshima Jan 29

February 1st 2013

Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial with a Supermodel Kissing a Nerd

Because the Super Bowl brings out the sleaziest in GoDaddy (no small feat!), its commercial is always water cooler fodder the Monday after Super Bowl. So get this: supermodel Bar Refaeli making out with uber-nerd (and extraordinary extra) Jesse Heiman because that sells websites. Of course Danica Patrick makes an appearance in the commercial (she’s…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 1

September 10th 2012

What’s Your Favorite Site Affected by the GoDaddy Outage?

In case you’ve been living under a rock, GoDaddy was the victim of an attack which took everything down today. Anonymous is claiming responsibility for the attack and million of sites are unaccessible as a result. Surely some of the sites you read use GoDaddy for your internet hosting purposes. Which makes me curious: which…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 10

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I’m Struggling to Think of a Good Example to Use for Google’s New ‘.ing’ Domain Name

This Violently Misogynistic Incel Community Is Rewriting Its Own History Through an Incel Wiki

Parler Enters the Cloud Service Business on an ‘Uncancelable’ Crusade

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Hackers Are Exploiting WordPress Tools to Hawk Scams

7 Crypto and NFT Projects That Were Total Scams (February 2022 Edition)

A Security Breach Exposed Emails and Site Passwords of 1.2 Million of GoDaddy’s WordPress Customers

Anonymous Claims to Have Stolen Huge Trove of Data From Epik, the Right-Wing’s Favorite Web Host

Salesforce Will Help Employees Worried About Abortion Access Exit Texas

The Right’s Favorite Web Refuge Has Also Booted Texas’s Abortion Snitching Website

GoDaddy Is Giving Texas Abortion Snitching Site the Boot

Here’s How You Can Help Shut Down the Vile Website for Snitching on People Who Get Abortions in Texas

U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months

Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump

GoDaddy: Sorry We Promised Holiday Bonuses, That Was Just a Phishing Test

Attackers Dupe GoDaddy Staff Into Helping Them Take Down Cryptocurrency Services

GoDaddy Was Apparently Hacked Last Year, So Check Your Hosting Account Credentials

How I Lost My $50,000 Twitter Username

Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial with a Supermodel Kissing a Nerd

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