Editing Domain hijacking (section)

==Notable cases==
* During the original "[[dot com boom]]", there was extensive media coverage of the hijacking of "sex.com".<ref>{{cite web|author=Dawn Kawamoto |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/sex-com-domain-hijacker-captured/ |title=Sex.com domain hijacker captured |publisher=CNET |access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>
* Basketball player [[Mark Madsen (basketball)|Mark Madsen]] unknowingly bought a "stolen" (or hijacked) URL by way of eBay auctions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slamonline.com/archives/man-who-sold-web-domain-to-mark-madsen-going-to-jail/ |title=Man Who Sold Web Domain to Mark Madsen Going to Jail &#124; SLAM |publisher=Slamonline.com |date=2011-07-26 |access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref>
* In 2015 Lenovo's website and Google's main search page for Vietnam were briefly hijacked.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirk |first1=Jeremy |title=Lenovo, Google websites hijacked by DNS attacks |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2889392/like-google-in-vietnam-lenovo-tripped-up-by-a-dns-attack.html |access-date=12 October 2018 |work=PC World |date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
* In early 2021, Perl's domain was briefly hijacked,<ref>{{cite web |author=Richard Speed |url=https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/28/perl_hijacking/ |title=Perl-clutching hijackers appear to have seized control of 33-year-old programming language's .com domain • The Register |publisher=The Register |access-date=2024-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=brian d foy |url=https://www.perl.com/article/the-hijacking-of-perl-com/ |title=The Hijacking of Perl.com |publisher=Perl.com |access-date=2024-03-16}}</ref> causing a relatively major issue with [[CPAN]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* On August 19th 2024, [[Fur Affinity|FurAffinity]]'s domain was hijacked for over a day, redirecting users to a Washington Post article, then to [[Kiwi Farms]] a short time later.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noblitt |first=Elissa |date=2024-08-21 |title=Furry Art Platform Fur Affinity Was Taken Over by Hackers: "Do Not Interact With the Website" |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/what-happened-to-fur-affinity |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=Distractify |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aug 22nd - All Our Base Are Belong To Us -- Fender's Journal |url=https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10936501 |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=www.furaffinity.net |language=en}}</ref>
* In early 2024, 8,000 domains and 13,000 subdomains of major brands including eBay, Lacoste, Marvel, McAfee, MSN, Pearson, PwC, and The Economist were taken over via a specific form of hijacking called SubdoMailing. This attack focused on spam proliferation and click monetization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=The Hacker |title=8,000+ Domains of Trusted Brands Hijacked for Massive Spam Operation |url=https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/8000-subdomains-of-trusted-brands.html |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=The Hacker News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The complete guide to SubdoMailing {{!}} Red Sift |url=https://redsift.com/guides/subdomailing-guide#what-is-subdomailing |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=redsift.com |language=en-us}}</ref>