After FBI domain expires, seized Megaupload.com serves up porn
Found on Ars technica on Friday, 29 May 2015
Based on evidence collected by Ars, it appears someone at the FBI's Cyber Division failed to renew the domain registration for CIRFU.NET, the domain which in turn hosted Web and name servers used to redirect traffic headed to seized domains.
It was over a week before anyone at the FBI contacted GoDaddy. Early on May 24, Gerlach said, "We got a notice of an ongoing criminal investigation regarding malware distribution, which lead to a Terms of Service violation and domain suspension."
Earl Grey was, to say the least, not a very happy GoDaddy customer when he found out about the domain suspension—especially as the suspension also revoked his Domains By Proxy coverage and revealed his registration information through the Whois service.
Not that serving up malware should not be stopped, but GoDaddy has a lot of unhappy customers. Best thing is to avoid them as much as possible.