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You go to work every day at the store you own, and one morning,your key to the door doesn't work. You look in the window, andthe display items have changed. A stranger is behind thecounter. But when you call the police, they can't do anythingbecause the company papers now indicate that the store belongsto the stranger.
The above scenario isn't likely to happen with abricks-and-mortar store. Because of insecurities in the domainregistration system, however, information highwaymen could takeover your online business.
As with identity theft, domain thieves steal your identity --the identity used to register and configure your domain name.After that, your website, your email, your online business, andpossibly your reputation are theirs.
Domain names at risk of theft
While theft is a risk with all domain names, domains most atrisk are more valuable ones. Domains with dot com extensionshave a higher resale value than domains with other extensions,and domain
The motive behind domain hijacking is usually monetary, but itmay be personal. If anyone wants to attack you, stealing yourdomain name is one way to do it.
How domain theft happens
When domain hijackers steal your domain, they gain access to thedomain's Whois records. Theycan modify the domain's nameservers so that the domain points toa different server. They can also transfer the domain to adifferent registrar.
Either way, site visitors will find themselves at the website ofthe domain hijacker instead of at your site. All domain emailwill go to or through the other server instead of to you. Allyou'll have left is a website without public access because yourdomain isn't pointing to it any more.
How can this happen?
Domain hijacking methods
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