- EstDomains
-
EstDomains logo
EstDomains was a website hosting provider and a Delaware corporation headquartered in downtown Tartu, Estonia.[1][2][3] EstDomains was known for hosting websites with malware, child pornography, and other illegal content.[1][4] Brian Krebs of the Washington Post stated that EstDomains "appeared to be the registrar of choice for the infamous Russian Business Network."[1] EstDomains was one of the largest domain registrars in the world.[3] By 2007 EstDomains gained a reputation for hosting illegal content.[5]
The CEO, Vladimir Tšaštšin (also known as "SCR"), received a prison sentence for credit card fraud, document forgery, and money laundering.[1][3] His conviction occurred on 6 February 2008.[6] On 28 October 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it would revoke the accreditation of EstDomains because of the CEO's convictions; the revocation would occur on 12 November 2008.[7][8] On 29 October ICANN said it would delay shutting down EstDomains, pending a review. EstDomains said that Tšaštšin had resigned on June of that year and that his conviction is on appeal,[9] while EstDomains had not notified ICANN of the change.[6] On 12 November 2008 ICANN announced that EstDomains would be shut down on 24 November 2008.[10] According to ICANN, when the accreditation was terminated, EstDomains had 281,000 domain names. On Tuesday 25 November 2008 web host ResellerClub announced that it is taking over EstDomains's business.[11]
Iain Thompson of Australian PC Authority ranked Tšaštšin as the tenth worst technology business chief executive.[12]
Arrest
On November 9, 2011 FBI announced[13] the arrest of Tšaštšin & Poltev in Operation Ghost Click.[14]
References
- ^ a b c d Krebs, Brian. "EstDomains: A Sordid History and a Storied CEO." The Washington Post. 8 September 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Support Details." Estdomains. 25 March 2006. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ a b c "Case EstDomains." F-Secure. 29 October 2008. Retrieved on 15 September 2009.
- ^ Krebs, Brian. "A Superlative Scam and Spam Site Registrar." The Washington Post. 8 September 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Russian spam murder spins web hoax." PC Pro. 12 October 2007. Retrieved on 16 September 2009.
- ^ a b Danchev, Dancho. "Cybercrime friendly EstDomains loses ICANN registrar accreditation." ZDNet. 29 October 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ Krebs, Brian. "ICANN De-Accredits EstDomains for CEO's Fraud Convictions." The Washington Post. 29 October 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Notice of Termination of ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement." Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. 28 October 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ Kirk, Jeremy. "ICANN Delays Shutting Down Spammy Estonian Registrar." PC World. Thursday 30 October 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ "Termination of Registrar EstDomains to Go Ahead." Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. 12 November 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ Tubanos, Anastasia. "ResellerClub to Take Over EstDomains." Web Host Industry Review. 25 November 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ Thompson, Iain. "Top 10 worst chief executives." Australian PC Authority. 24 November 2008. Retrieved on 31 August 2009.
- ^ http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2011/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-charges-seven-individuals-for-engineering-sophisticated-internet-fraud-scheme-that-infected-millions-of-computers-worldwide-and-manipulated-internet-advertising-business
- ^ http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/malware_110911
External links
- Estdomains (Archive)
Categories:- Web hosting
- Companies of Estonia
- Tartu
- Website stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
