Company:EstDomains

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Short description: Former website hosting provider from Estonia
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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 in 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, the FBI announced[13] the arrest of Tšaštšin and his business partners Timur Gerassimenko, Dmitri Jegorov, Valeri Aleksejev, Konstantin Poltev and Anton Ivanov in Operation Ghost Click.[14] At the time, the seventh defendant, Andrey Taame, remained at large.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Krebs, Brian. "Security Fix - EstDomains: A Sordid History and a Storied CEO". Voices.washingtonpost.com. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/09/estdomains_a_sordid_history_an.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  2. ↑ "Welcome". 2006-03-25. Archived from the original on March 25, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060325162522/http://www.estdomains.com/anacreon/servlet/ShowSplashPageServlet?&type=contactus&redirectpage=%2Fservlet%2FShowSplashPageServlet%3F%26type%3Dcontactus. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Case EstDomains - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab". F-secure.com. 2008-10-29. http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001522.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  4. ↑ Krebs, Brian. "Security Fix - A Superlative Scam and Spam Site Registrar". Voices.washingtonpost.com. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/09/estdomains.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  5. ↑ "Russian spam murder spins web hoax | News". PC Pro. 2007-10-12. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/129761/russian-spam-murder-spins-web-hoax. Retrieved 2013-03-08. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 birumut. "Cybercrime friendly EstDomains loses ICANN registrar accreditation | ZDNet". Blogs.zdnet.com. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2089. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  7. ↑ Krebs, Brian. "Security Fix - ICANN De-Accredits EstDomains for CEO's Fraud Convictions". Voices.washingtonpost.com. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/10/icann_de-accredits_estdomains.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  8. ↑ "Notice of Termination of Icann Registrar Accreditation Agreement". Icann.org. http://www.icann.org/correspondence/burnette-to-tsastsin-28oct08-en.pdf. Retrieved 2013-08-11. 
  9. ↑ "ICANN Delays Shutting Down Spammy Estonian Registrar | PCWorld Business Center". Pcworld.com. 2012-02-10. https://www.pcworld.com/article/153042/icann_delays_shutting_down_spammy_estonian_registrar.html. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  10. ↑ "Termination of Registrar EstDomains to Go Ahead". ICANN. http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12nov08-en.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  11. ↑ "ResellerClub to Take Over EstDomains; The Web Host Industry Review". Thewhir.com. 2008-11-25. http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/resellerclub-to-take-over-estdomains. Retrieved 2014-06-17. 
  12. ↑ "Top 10 worst chief executives - News - PC & Tech Authority". Pcauthority.com.au. 2008-11-24. http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/129204,top-10-worst-chief-executives.aspx. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  13. ↑ "FBI — Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Seven Individuals for Engineering Sophisticated Internet Fraud Scheme That Infected Millions of Computers Worldwide and Manipulated Internet Advertising Business". Fbi.gov. 2011-11-09. https://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. Retrieved 2011-12-02. 
  14. ↑ "FBI — International Cyber Ring That Infected Millions of Computers Dismantled". Fbi.gov. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/malware_110911. Retrieved 2011-12-02. 

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