---
id: "expired-domain-takeover"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "expired domain takeover"
language: "en"
category: "Security and abuse"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/expired-domain-takeover/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/toma-control-dominios-caducados/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/uebernahme-abgelaufener-domains/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/prise-controle-noms-domaine-expires/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/presa-controllo-domini-scaduti/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/tomada-controle-dominios-expirados/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/zakhvat-prosrochennogo-domena/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/guoqi-yuming-jieguan/"
---

# expired domain takeover

The risk that arises when a domain lapses while other things still depend on it: email accounts, software, name servers 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 server name this way.

## related terms

- [expiration](https://tldlog.com/glossary/expiration/)
- [drop](https://tldlog.com/glossary/drop/)
- [drop catching](https://tldlog.com/glossary/drop-catching/)
- [subdomain takeover](https://tldlog.com/glossary/subdomain-takeover/)
- [domain hijacking](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domain-hijacking/)