Facebook sues OnlineNIC for domain name fraud associated with malicious activity

guest · Oct 31, 2019

Facebook sues OnlineNIC for domain name fraud associated with malicious activity
October 31, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/31/f...ame-fraud-associated-with-malicious-activity/

Facebook today announced it has filed suit in California against a domain registrar OnlineNIC and its proxy service ID Shield for registering domain names that pretend to be associated with Facebook, like www-facebook-login.com or facebook-mails.com, for example. Facebook says these domains are intentionally designed to mislead and confuse end users, who believe they’re interacting with Facebook.

The suit also references some 20 other domain names that are confusingly similar to Facebook and Instagram trademarks, it says.
Facebook is asking for a permanent injunction against OnlineNIC’s activity as well as damages.

“By mentioning our apps and services in the domain names, OnlineNIC and ID Shield intended to make them appear legitimate and confuse people. This activity is known as cybersquatting and OnlineNIC has a history of this behavior,” writes Facebook, in an announcement. “This lawsuit is one more step in our ongoing efforts to protect people’s safety and privacy,” it says.
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The news of the lawsuit was previously reported by Cnet and other domain name news sources, based on courthouse filings.
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Facebook: Fighting Domain Name Fraud

guest · Mar 5, 2020

Facebook is suing a domain registrar for selling deceptive web addresses
Faked domains are often used in phishing attacks
March 5, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/5/21166485/facebook-lawsuit-namecheap-faked-domain-names-phishing

Facebook is suing Arizona domain name registrar Namecheap and its proxy service Whoisguard for allowing people to register domain names that “deceive people by pretending to be affiliated with Facebook apps,” the company said in a blog post on Thursday.

Whoisguard registered 45 domain names — including instagrambusinesshelp.com, facebo0k-login.com, and whatsappdownload.site — that infringe on Facebook’s trademarks, according to the post by Christen Dubois, Facebook’s director and associate general counsel of IP litigation.

“We regularly scan for domain names and apps that infringe our trademarks to protect people from abuse,” Dubois writes.
Facebook filed a similar lawsuit in October against domain registrar OnlineNIC and its proxy service ID Shield for registering nearly two dozen domain names, including www-facebook-login.com and hackingfacebook.net, some of which were being used for malicious activity.
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It was not the first time San Francisco-based OnlineNIC was accused of registering fake domain names. In 2008, Verizon won a $33.2 million lawsuit against OnlineNIC, claiming it had registered 663 domains that infringed on Verizon’s copyright.
Facebook’s suit against OnlineNIC is still ongoing, the company says.

“Our goal is to create consequences for those who seek to do harm and we will continue to take legal action to protect people from domain name fraud and abuse,” Dubois wrote in Facebook’s post.
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Facebook: Protecting People from Domain Name Fraud

This week we filed a lawsuit in Arizona against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, as well as its proxy service, Whoisguard, for registering domain names that aim to deceive people by pretending to be affiliated with Facebook apps. These domain names can trick people into believing they are legitimate and are often used for phishing, fraud and scams.
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guest · Jun 8, 2020

Facebook sues company for registering impostor domains
June 8, 2020
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ues-company-for-registering-impostor-domains/

Facebook filed a lawsuit today against Compsys Domain Solutions Private Ltd, an Indian provider of proxy/privacy services, for registering domains that impersonate Facebook apps and were allegedly used for malicious purposes.
This lawsuit was filed by Facebook "to prevent fraud and stop the malicious use of our company and product names."
Compsys refused to collaborate
Among the 12 lookalike domains registered by Compsys and designed to allegedly deceive people, Dubois mentions facebook-verify-inc.com, instagramhjack.com, and videocall-whatsapp.com.

"We regularly scan the internet for domain names and apps that infringe on our trademarks and today’s lawsuit is part of this ongoing effort to protect people from phishing, credential theft and other methods of online fraud," Dubois said.
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Lawsuits against registrars and privacy services
This is the third time in the last two years that Facebook took legal action against proxy services and registrars for allowing malicious actors to abuse their platforms.

In March 2020, Facebook sued domain name registrar Namecheap and its proxy service Whoisguard "for registering domain names that aim to deceive people by pretending to be affiliated with Facebook apps" and often being used "for phishing, fraud and scams."
Last year, in October 2019, Facebook filed another lawsuit against domain name registrar OnlineNIC and its privacy service ID Shield for allowing the registration of lookalike domains like www-facebook-login.com and facebook-mails.com.
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Facebook: Protecting People From Imposter Domain Names

We regularly scan the internet for domain names and apps that infringe on our trademarks and today’s lawsuit is part of this ongoing effort to protect people from phishing, credential theft and other methods of online fraud. We filed suit after we reached out to Compsys about these domain names and did not receive any response.
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