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GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks

go.theregister.com·Connor Jones·about 1 month ago
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GoDaddy is currently investigating claims that it handed complete control of a valid 27-year-old domain to another customer, without requiring them to pass any authentication processes or upload any supporting documents. The sensational allegations come from Lee Landis, a partner at Pennsylvania IT shop Flagstream Technologies, who claims one of his client's domains "vanished" from the company's GoDaddy account without notice. This, said Landis, meant the client lost access to its website and email accounts throughout the ordeal. The security implications of this include potentially losing access to account recovery mechanisms, MFA codes, company impersonation, business email compromise (BEC) schemes, and all manner of other possibilities. The client wanted to remain anonymous, but was described as an American non-profit that operated 20 locations across the country.…

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