Hacker News Domain Name Registrar. I know this makes it more vague but it depends on the content and the headline. The domain rootdnservers com was registered on April 5 2019 through the registrar NameCheap.
Google Yahoo Twitter Amazon also defaced January 06 2014 Anonymous Googles primary search domain for Tajikistan had seemingly been hacked yesterday along with other high profile domains including Yahoo Twitter Amazon -- redirected to a defaced page. The hijacking of a domain can occur in a number of ways. When a hacker performs a WHOIS lookup for your domain name he will not be able to find your name phone number or administrative email address.
Other ways to hijack a domain include impersonating the domain name owner to convince the domain registrar to modify information or transfer the domain to another registrar.
Private domain registration costs extra but the advantages are worth it. The New York Times website was unavailable to readers on Tuesday afternoon following an attack on the companys domain name registrar Melbourne IT the Times wrote. Every domain registrar provides a private registration option. I work at a small registrar and we know all our customers and communicate with them directly.