▲ 1487 ▼ Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down (i.imgur.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by BarterClub@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 521 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://very.bignutty.xyz/notes/9hf13it1ced3b2za
[–] Mikina@programming.dev 46 points 3 years ago (7 children) Why is Meta suing Freenom? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] gdrhnvfhj@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 3 years ago (6 children) Meta suing Freenom https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-halts-domain-registrations/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 years ago (5 children) The lawsuit points to a 2021 study (PDF) on the abuse of domains conducted by Interisle Consulting Group, which discovered that those ccTLDs operated by Freenom made up five of the Top Ten TLDs most abused by phishers. Oof. Also what a bizarre landscape where this comes out in 2021 and the only action on it is a private corporation personally suing them over a year later. Where's ENISA and EC3? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) There is also the recent news about how millions of US Military emails (.mil) were sent to Malia instead (.ml). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's got to be fake news or satire, right? Right? Like, how is it even possible to send to .ml instead of .mil? 'i' and 'l' are not even close enough to fat-finger it on most keyboards, and even if you did, it wouls have to be by using the same finger for both 'i' and 'l', which means you'd physically register the double tap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yikes... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gdrhnvfhj@lemmynsfw.com 19 points 3 years ago (6 children) Meta suing Freenom https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/sued-by-meta-freenom-halts-domain-registrations/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 years ago (5 children) The lawsuit points to a 2021 study (PDF) on the abuse of domains conducted by Interisle Consulting Group, which discovered that those ccTLDs operated by Freenom made up five of the Top Ten TLDs most abused by phishers. Oof. Also what a bizarre landscape where this comes out in 2021 and the only action on it is a private corporation personally suing them over a year later. Where's ENISA and EC3? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) There is also the recent news about how millions of US Military emails (.mil) were sent to Malia instead (.ml). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's got to be fake news or satire, right? Right? Like, how is it even possible to send to .ml instead of .mil? 'i' and 'l' are not even close enough to fat-finger it on most keyboards, and even if you did, it wouls have to be by using the same finger for both 'i' and 'l', which means you'd physically register the double tap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yikes... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 years ago (5 children) The lawsuit points to a 2021 study (PDF) on the abuse of domains conducted by Interisle Consulting Group, which discovered that those ccTLDs operated by Freenom made up five of the Top Ten TLDs most abused by phishers. Oof. Also what a bizarre landscape where this comes out in 2021 and the only action on it is a private corporation personally suing them over a year later. Where's ENISA and EC3? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) There is also the recent news about how millions of US Military emails (.mil) were sent to Malia instead (.ml). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's got to be fake news or satire, right? Right? Like, how is it even possible to send to .ml instead of .mil? 'i' and 'l' are not even close enough to fat-finger it on most keyboards, and even if you did, it wouls have to be by using the same finger for both 'i' and 'l', which means you'd physically register the double tap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Yikes... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] messem10@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (3 children) There is also the recent news about how millions of US Military emails (.mil) were sent to Malia instead (.ml). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's got to be fake news or satire, right? Right? Like, how is it even possible to send to .ml instead of .mil? 'i' and 'l' are not even close enough to fat-finger it on most keyboards, and even if you did, it wouls have to be by using the same finger for both 'i' and 'l', which means you'd physically register the double tap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's got to be fake news or satire, right? Right? Like, how is it even possible to send to .ml instead of .mil? 'i' and 'l' are not even close enough to fat-finger it on most keyboards, and even if you did, it wouls have to be by using the same finger for both 'i' and 'l', which means you'd physically register the double tap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] messem10@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nope, here’s an article from CNN about it: https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/politics/email-typos-mali-military-emails/index.html permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nintendiator@feddit.cl 1 point 3 years ago Well, and here I was thinking that the next Wikileaks news package / Snowden Style hero would actually need to make some effort... The US never ceases to amaze me how retrograde it can be as a country. permalink fedilink source parent
