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pebbleworm · by **pebbleworm** on Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:50 am

And we thought web geeks are immune from cybersquatting.

A cybersquater stole the domain of bastille-linux right under their noses and holding it hostage for $10,000.00.

Article...

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/0 ... lle_linux/

m0nkee · by **m0nkee** on Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:00 am

WoW that's crazy.. how do u steal a domain? loL

teothoyang · by **teothoyang** on Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:08 am

is it more like registering the domain before people register it ?? is that domain squatting lol ?

SuperMario290 · by **SuperMario290** on Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:30 am

that sucks. jeez, I hope they get that back.

pebbleworm · by **pebbleworm** on Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:03 am

Looks like they forgot to re-register it on time and somebody snapped it up, hoping to make a fast buck.

SuperMario290 · by **SuperMario290** on Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:30 pm

any news on if they got it back?

dakku · by **dakku** on Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:20 pm

=)) Somebody call Bruce Willis

)

"No hostages were harmed during the theft !" =)

hpfanatic · by **hpfanatic** on Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:31 pm

Whats cyber-squatting?

Cybersquatter stole bastille-linux.org