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The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

| | 8chan, 8kun, A Little Sunshine, American Registry for Internet Numbers, ARIN, Jim Watkins, N.T. Technology Inc., Ne'er-Do-Well News, QAnon, Ron Guilmette, The Coming Storm
Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based ...
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Whois Accuracy and Public Safety

Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

| | A Little Sunshine, Adconion Direct, Amir Golestan, Amobee, ARIN, Blackstar Media LLC, CAN-SPAM, Daniel Dye, HostWinds, Jacob Bychak, Kim Perell, Mark Manoogian, Media Breakaway, Micfo, Mohammed Abdul Qayyum, Optinrealbig, Peter Holden, Petr Pacas, Scott Richter, SingTel, Spam Nation, spamhaus, The Coming Storm
Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale ...
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A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

A Tough Week for IP Address Scammers

| | American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amir Golestan, ARIN, John Levine, Micfo, Micfo LLC, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Sherri Lydon, Stephen Ryan, The Coming Storm, The Internet for Dummies
In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days ...
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