September .uk drop discussion

[cyberdomains]

did you renew it after transfering?

I couldn't find an option to renew, it just said it was pending transfer.

 

[Hay]

Surly this cant be happening... There will be uproar over it as its theft pure and simple... Lets see what happens and lets see nominets actions on monday if this is true, there is no way they can sit back and let them be stolen... they will take action and reclaim the domains surly.

 

[cyberdomains]

I had auto renew set to enabled, so I disabled it, and then went back into the domain control panel. It says "cannot renew at this time" Clicking on expiry options doesnt yield anything.

 

[armistice]

This is a fasthosts system fu*k up and means you could do the same for any domains held by them on drop day.

 

[Hay]

If you enter a domain thats already been booked by someone doing this it will tell you its already booked so there is clearly people doing it left right and center!! Gone are the days of some simple edges gained from code... I guess now you put a mask on, grab a shotgun and run into livehosts HQ.

 

[Hay]

This is a fasthosts system fu*k up and means you could do the same for any domains held by them on drop day.

Thats exactly what been happening (18 hours into the drop day).... I smell a criminal case brewing from this for pure theft / fraud

 

[LCHappy]

If you enter a domain thats already been booked by someone doing this it will tell you its already booked so there is clearly people doing it left right and center!! Gone are the days of some simple edges gained from code... I guess now you put a mask on, grab a shotgun and run into livehosts HQ.

Agreed, this is completely next level stuff. I would say an easy audit trail, but fasthosts and Nom will sweep this one away whilst proclaiming to be a world leading security company

 

[3gmedia]

Latest catches:

Fastcom.uk

Jams.uk

Luxembourg.uk

 

[Hay]

@LCHappy they cant... the damage is already done, they would have been able to sweet it had none already been renewed and gone to the new owners... They cant do that now... and its the weekend so by the time they come into the office on Monday the domains will be in South Korea with kim jong un

 

[cyberdomains]

If you enter a domain thats already been booked by someone doing this it will tell you its already booked so there is clearly people doing it left right and center!! Gone are the days of some simple edges gained from code... I guess now you put a mask on, grab a shotgun and run into livehosts HQ.

Yes if you transfer in environment.uk it says it's registered elsewhere, but it's actually on the same TAG.

 

[cyberdomains]

 

[LCHappy]

@Siusaidh Can you confirm that you didn't source your Charlie.uk through this method? I think it's important seeing as many are considering voting.

 

[cyberdomains]

OK i've just been informed that after transferring, its sat pending, you then have to ask customer services/support chat to refresh and it automatically renews.

 

[armistice]

anyone tried this on tomorrows drops yet?

 

[LCHappy]

@LCHappy they cant... the damage is already done, they would have been able to sweet it had none already been renewed and gone to the new owners... They cant do that now... and its the weekend so by the time they come into the office on Monday the domains will be in South Korea with kim jong un

Ironically it has happened before and was covered up by Nom and another huge registrar about 7 years ago

 

[3gmedia]

OK i've just been informed that after transferring, its sat pending, you then have to ask customer services/support chat to refresh and it automatically renews. I will try this now.

They are closed saturday and sunday

 

[Hay]

 

[LCHappy]

Could be that someone who works at Fasthosts has got a bit greedy, started doing this. I agree that the numbers being renewed is too many to be normal.

I can't believe a domainer would be this stupid. They must know other domainers are the best observers and will point anything odd.

 

[cyberdomains]

19:49:58.102084 Domain hunts.uk caught by LIVEDOMAINS!

(that time is UTC)

 

[armistice]

It was renewed

19:49:58.102084 Domain hunts.uk caught by LIVEDOMAINS!