US Government Blocks 36 Iranian-Affiliated News Websites

[Ocean]

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UPDATE: 92 domains have now been seized (officially) and since this is ongoing it is probably well over 100 by now.

They started with Iran's PressTV and now dozens of sites are down, JUST LIKE THIS ONE which is not even Iranian!. They are claiming this is a "law enforcement action" That's B.S. if I ever saw it. That might be plausible if they had stuck to PressTV or perhaps even Iran but now it is other countries - their MSM outlets, getting shuttered by the FBI.

 

[Laura]

Well, the mask is clearly off now. The USA is a full bore fascist/totalitarian regime.

 

[Ryan]

Presstv.com's DNS registrar is Instra.com. If you do a WHOIS lookup on Instra's website, Instra is still pointing presstv.com to presstv.ir's name servers (which have not been seized). Yet a generic WHOIS lookup shows that VeriSign have redirected the presstv.com NS records to Amazon, which is where the US govt page is being hosted:

# whois.verisign-grs.com

Domain Name: PRESSTV.COM
Registry Domain ID: 85275201_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.instra.net
Registrar URL: Instra Corporation - Domain Name Search & Registration Services
Updated Date: 2021-06-22T14:31:55Z
Creation Date: 2002-04-05T03:55:48Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2022-04-05T02:55:48Z
Registrar: Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.
Registrar IANA ID: 1376
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@instra.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +61.397831800
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited EPP Status Codes | What Do They Mean, and Why Should I Know? - ICANN
Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited EPP Status Codes | What Do They Mean, and Why Should I Know? - ICANN
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited EPP Status Codes | What Do They Mean, and Why Should I Know? - ICANN
Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited EPP Status Codes | What Do They Mean, and Why Should I Know? - ICANN
Name Server: NS-1088.AWSDNS-08.ORG
Name Server: NS-1900.AWSDNS-45.CO.UK
Name Server: NS-388.AWSDNS-48.COM
Name Server: NS-977.AWSDNS-58.NET
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: Submitting a Complaint to ICANN Contractual Compliance - ICANN
>>> Last update of whois database: 2021-06-26T11:23:59Z <<<

VeriSign are the IANA top-level delegate for the .com domain. This means that VeriSign are redirecting the DNS lookups away from Instra at US govt order.

So, if you've got any websites, domains, or SSL certificates with VeriSign, know that they can be compromised at US government request at any time.

Some non-US-based alternative top-level domains:

.one
.info
.site
.website
.host
.hosting
.int
.earth
.global
.space
.mobi
.love
.help
.garden
.faith
.eco
.country
.cloud
.cat
.bio
.audio

and any non-US country TLD (eg. .ir, .ie, .ru, .cn, .io etc.)