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eBay Domain Hijacker Arrested

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Sep 6, 2004
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Police in Germany arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the hijacking of eBay Germanys domain. The man admitted he requested a DNS (domain name server) transfer for several high-profile sites, including Google.com, Web.de, Amazon.com and eBay Germany. It remains unclear how the domain could have been transferred without the consent of the existing holder.

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