news DotDB Shutting Down or Not?

[GoKaizen]

Got this email from DotDB.

Website Shutting Down Notification

⚠ We have decided to shut down dotDB.com, and the website will stop operation on March 31, 2023. We no longer accept new members and subscriptions, effective from now. Please contact support at [email protected] if you need a refund for the unusable period of your subscriptions after March 31, 2023.

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Update: dotDB is NOT Shutting Down!

 

[.X.]

It's pretty simple; servers were hacked, "shutting down" emails were sent to all users via the administration panel, and someone stole the database with all the information.

That's why they're asking for a password reset.

If you find out who the hackers are , tell them to come knock on my front door , or, send me their names and locs, Gawd knows they have my home address, This would be the 5th time my information will have been stolen , the last time , I won’t say the site hack, but a person used my address in the commission of a crime . That not long ago. Then I get a phone call from Fed law enforcement concerning the use of my address , hackers do not care about innocent people apparently .

But I have no confirmation from db of a hack taking place , and we don’t want another rumor spreading.

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

It's pretty simple; servers were hacked, "shutting down" emails were sent to all users via the administration panel, and someone stole the database with all the information.

That's why they're asking for a password reset.

You can think whatever you want but I know what has happened behind the scenes but can not share it.
Once again, feel free to assume what you would like to

 

[kor]

If you find out who the hackers are

It's not my duty to catch criminals.

If you want to question someone, you can contact the dotdb owners who are responsible for protecting the users' data.

You can think whatever you want but I know what has happened behind the scenes but can not share it.

One way or another, there is a serious security negligence.

They wouldn't have requested a password reset if it wasn't really a critical situation.

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Wouldn't be surprised if GoDaddy were sniffing around after their next acquisition.

 

[.X.]

It's not my duty to catch criminals.

If you want to question someone, you can contact the dotdb owners who are responsible for protecting the users' data.



One way or another, there is a serious security negligence.

They wouldn't have requested a password reset if it wasn't really a critical situation.

Easy , Security Negligence is pretty strong language , any way , I am sure whatever it is , db will send out emails when they are able to release information regarding what ever it that happened to the website

 

[bmugford]

Got this email from DotDB.

On the website it says -

We would like to clarify that some of our users have received an email from a spammer stating that dotDB is shutting down. This is absolutely not true. Please just ignore the fake announcement and Reset your password if you haven't done so after January 28.

I guess I was late to the party.

Brad

 

[Ivan Rasskazov]

Got this email from DotDB.

 

[forge]

Have they disabled free lookups?

The results I get are next to nothing.

 

[qualitydn]

Have they disabled free lookups?

The results I get are next to nothing.

free lookups is working for me .

 

[buydomainnames]

Security should be the first priority for any online services before they offer product / professional services.

 

[NicTraders]

No, dotDB.com isn't closing down but email database was apparently leaked - DomainGang

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...own-but-email-database-was-apparently-leaked/

@Acroplex

You can think whatever you want but I know what has happened behind the scenes but can not share it.
Once again, feel free to assume what you would like to

As per DomainGang:
"
Update from dotDB: A former employee sent an unauthorized message to the dotDB user database, according to information we just received from the company. The incident is not related to a data leakage or a security issue; all users’ account information and passwords are well stored and encrypted.

Source: https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...own-but-email-database-was-apparently-leaked/
"

I wonder if said Former Employee is looking to start their own service, or maybe they're just disgruntled for some unknown reason?...

 

[Surya Giri Kurniawan]

It seems now detail search result becomes premium feature. Not the shame with before

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

It seems now detail search result becomes premium feature. Not the shame with beforeShow attachment 231609

I believe this feature was already under the paid plans. I don't see any changes to that.

 

[alop]

lol some of u just woke up..domaining is dying slow death.....sales.. everything... dotdb had crap extension taken counts..use uniregistry for that... it's all it's good for anyway

Good morning

 

[BrandMaker]

Got this email from DotDB.

I find on their site that is fake message

We would like to clarify that some of our users have received an email from a spammer stating that dotDB is shutting down. This is absolutely not true. Please just ignore the fake announcement and your password if you haven't done so after January 28.

 

[BrandMaker]

Got this email from DotDB.

That is fake message as in their site

We would like to clarify that some of our users have received an email from a spammer stating that dotDB is shutting down. This is absolutely not true. Please just ignore the fake announcement and your password if you haven't done so after January 28.

 

[NameGroove]

Does anyone know, is there a paid level on DotDB that would allow me to bulk search 5k domains to get TLDs taken all at once and then download that info?

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Does anyone know, is there a paid level on DotDB that would allow me to bulk search 5k domains to get TLDs taken all at once and then download that info?

I've their Expert plan and can search 10,000 domains at once and sort by the number of TLDs registered.

 

[NameGroove]

I've their Expert plan and can search 10,000 domains at once and sort by the number of TLDs registered.

Thanks! and when completed, can you download/export the file?

I ask because it appears while I can "bulk search" 10k names, I can only export 1k of them (which makes the search sort of pointless). After all, what is the point of a search we can't export - it's way too cumbersome to see a list of 10k names that we can't sift through and manipulate after the search is complete.