https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-sues-hosts-behind-hacking-sites-targeting-the-social-network/
By Alfred Ng
CNet News
October 28, 2019
Facebook wants to take down sites like "HackingFacebook.net" and
"iiinstagram.com," which allegedly offer hacking tools against the social
networking giant. But it's doing so by filing a copyright lawsuit and targeting
the two domain hosts where the websites are registered.
The company filed its lawsuit on Monday in the US District Court of the
Northern District of California. It accuses web hosts OnlineNIC and ID Shield
of trademark infringement and cybersquatting.
The two companies have been hosting websites like "HackingFacebook.net," which
offers tools for phishing and hacking Facebook accounts, according to the
lawsuit. In court documents, Facebook said it sent multiple takedown requests
to the two defendants, arguing that these websites are infringing on the
company's trademarks.
It's the latest instance of a big company going after websites designed to
phish its users. In March, Microsoft announced that it took down 99 websites
controlled by Iranian hackers, which were also designed to phish victims. In
that case, Microsoft also took down the websites by using a lawsuit and
claiming cybersquatting concerns. Phishing attacks are common and can be easy
to fall for if the hackers have URLs that look close to the real name and
design trap websites to look exactly like the original.
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