expired domain takeover
The risk that arises when a domain lapses while other things still depend on it: email accounts, software, name server A server that holds a domain's DNS records and answers lookups. Full definition of name server or links. Whoever registers it next can receive that traffic or mail and may abuse the trust. In 2024 researchers gained control of a former .mobi WHOIS The legacy lookup service for domain registration data, now replaced by RDAP for gTLDs. Full definition of WHOIS server name this way.
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