alert Epik Had A Major Breach

[Silentptnr]

Just read this. Looks like Epik may have been hacked and sensitive data compromised...

Read here:
https://domainnamewire.com/2021/09/14/hackers-claim-significant-epik-breach/

Thought I would share this.

 

[FernandoBMS]

It's also interesting that Vitaliy Opryshko (Epik's HoSD and We Can Develop IT partner) and Eugene Melnichenko, founder and CTO of Market Plaza INTL, BackorderZone, NamePal, and BellNames are both ukrainians and graduated from the same ukrainian university.

And once there was a company named ITCrimea that was "Co-Founded by Vitaly Opryshko and Kennen Palm" https://web.archive.org/web/20130219231618/http://www.itcrimea.com/web-development/about.html

 

[FernandoBMS]

Lastly (for now), There is a VERY interesting 2012 nP thread titled BackOrderZone.com? started by @stub where some members such as @Kate do an impressive job attempting to connect the dots between NameBind, IntrustDomains, Market Plaza INTL, BellNames, BackorderZone, NamePal, Argam Poghosian, GoName.com, SnapNames.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/bc30-com-udrp-lost-by-namepros-member.1177875/page-10#post-7936535

Once again, MARKET PLAZA INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Namebind, Intrust, Argam Poghosian, Bellnames, goname.com and others are all linked together.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/warning-intrustdomain-domain-match-makers.658407/page-3

BackOrderZone.com? thread:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/backorderzone-com.748546/

 

[FernandoBMS]

Admin Contact: Kennen Palm
Phone Number: 719-534-3163
Email: [email protected]
(...)
Admin Contact: Yevgen Mel'nichenko
Phone Number: +1 303 8000 310
Email: [email protected]

So, @Kate and Chris Hydrick were right, they were connected.

Eugene Melnichenko
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-melnichenko

 

[Kirtaner]

Look at you GO! Keep up the good work.

 

[Future Sensors]

For Your Eyes Only
A remarkable coincidence between the latest 007 flick and a hacked extremist server

On this week’s SpyTalk podcast, two streams of real and imagined history collide: the evolving enemies of the James Bond flicks and shadowy networks of violent extremists revealed in the hack of a rogue right wing server.

Podcast co-host Jeanne Meserve talk with longtime extremists expert Heidi Beirich about the epic Epik hack, which revealed disturbing links among violent anti-government groups and individuals and more mainline conservatives.​

https://www.spytalk.co/p/for-your-eyes-only

 

[branding]

Just stumbled on this website -

https://all.ca/domain-search.php

A lot of the site is a clone of Epik. Is this site related to Epik, or are both using some "white label" software?

Epik -

Tired of annual renewals? Ever worry that you might have forgotten to renew an important domain? Save time, save money and skip the stress by registering your domains at Epik. Forever.

All.ca -

Tired of annual renewals? Ever worry that you might have forgotten to renew an important domain? Save time, save money and skip the stress by registering your domains at All.ca. Forever.

Both sites also are using TrustRatings.com and the footer template is identical along with a lot of the wording.

Brad

All.ca = Epik. 100%. Not even .CA accredited but using RAAS.

 

[Future Sensors]

What is happening in the .truth alternative TLD ecosystem that Epik has been promoting on its website?

 

[Future Sensors]

It was outside Epik's office

You mean, the place where the salty popcorn is actually produced?

 

[branding]

What is happening in the .truth alternative TLD ecosystem that Epik has been promoting on its website?

They've come to realise that for them the .truth.sucks.

 

[Future Sensors]

A word of thanks to the moderators of this website, who managed to strike the right balance in this evolving story. This is a unique thread that qualifies for an ISSN code.

@Bravo Mod Team and the other teams.

 

[Bravo Mod Team]

A word of thanks to the moderators of this website

Thanks; we appreciate it.

On that note:

As far as we can tell, there is nothing nefarious about this member; they simply created another account for privacy reasons, allegedly afraid to challenge Rob without anonymity (and presumably the hackers, as well). We don't have reason to believe otherwise.

We’ve been informed that @Rob Monster believes we’ve silenced @shoulda9393 as part of an ongoing “struggle session” at NamePros:

The NP Struggle session is very much in progress -- an objective voice of reason was banned

Rob, @shoulda9393 is still able to participate in this thread from their primary account, and if they’d like to preserve anonymity, they can upgrade their primary account to Gold to reopen their @shoulda9393 account. @shoulda9393 is aware of these options and thanked us for excising them from this discussion so they could focus on other things.

Their voice was not silenced, Rob.

The rules at NamePros are enforced equally for everyone, without exception and without bias.

We understand that concept may be foreign to you.

 

[Derek Peterson]

We’ve been informed that @Rob Monster believes we’ve silenced @shoulda9393 as part of an ongoing “struggle session” at NamePros:

​

Rob, @shoulda9393 is still able to participate in this thread from their primary account, and if they’d like to preserve anonymity, they can upgrade their primary account to Gold to reopen their @shoulda9393 account. @shoulda9393 is aware of these options and thanked us for excising them from this discussion so they could focus on other things.

Their voice was not silenced, Rob.

The rules at NamePros are enforced equally for everyone, without exception and without bias.

We understand that concept may be foreign to you.

Say, is that the same Rob Monster that tried to get this entire thread shut down and me banned for life and said he would not come back until I was banned AND then even threatened the owners of NP and me personally with lawsuits in an attempt to silence us? No, it can't be.

 

[Future Sensors]

Their voice was not silenced, Rob.

Moreover, the contributions of said account are still present in this thread and readable for everyone.

 

[Molly White]

Say, is that the same Rob Monster that tried to get this entire thread shut down and me banned for life and said he would not come back until I was banned AND then even threatened the owners of NP and me personally with lawsuits in an attempt to silence us? No, it can't be.

Does seem a convenient way to get out of answering questions in this thread when he realized that his PR posts were going over like a lead balloon.

 

[Future Sensors]

I am curious about the reason for the explicit posting of this message by the municipality.

We Stand Together Against Hate and Hate Speech
Release Date: January 11, 2021

During challenging times, the City of Sammamish would like to remind our residents and beyond about our commitment to equality, inclusiveness and diversity in our community. We stand together against hate and hate speech. Hate does not have a place in the City of Sammamish. Our diverse community represents the values that we reaffirmed in our proclamation to bring people together and not to divide them.

For more information, visit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page: https://connect.sammamish.us/equity-diversity-inclusion​

UPDATE

The City of Sammamish provides this clarification that it has not issued a business license to, nor collects any city taxes from, Epik Holdings Inc. Epik Holdings Inc. is operating under a State of Washington business license.​

https://www.sammamishwa.gov/news-events/archived-news?id=56551

 

[bmugford]

I am curious about the reason for the explicit posting of this message by the municipality.

We Stand Together Against Hate and Hate Speech
Release Date: January 11, 2021

During challenging times, the City of Sammamish would like to remind our residents and beyond about our commitment to equality, inclusiveness and diversity in our community. We stand together against hate and hate speech. Hate does not have a place in the City of Sammamish. Our diverse community represents the values that we reaffirmed in our proclamation to bring people together and not to divide them.

For more information, visit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page: https://connect.sammamish.us/equity-diversity-inclusion​

UPDATE

The City of Sammamish provides this clarification that it has not issued a business license to, nor collects any city taxes from, Epik Holdings Inc. Epik Holdings Inc. is operating under a State of Washington business license.​

https://www.sammamishwa.gov/news-events/archived-news?id=56551

That is interesting that the city feels the need to name a specific company just to absolve themselves of any connection to them, especially in relation to hate and hate speech.

I don't think that is some random coincidence.

It is kind of embarrassing really that a city has the need do that in relation to your company.

Brad

 

[Future Sensors]

@Rob Monster Perhaps you would like to provide some context regarding the post on sammamishwa.gov?

 

[Kirtaner]

I am curious about the reason for the explicit posting of this message by the municipality.

We Stand Together Against Hate and Hate Speech
Release Date: January 11, 2021

During challenging times, the City of Sammamish would like to remind our residents and beyond about our commitment to equality, inclusiveness and diversity in our community. We stand together against hate and hate speech. Hate does not have a place in the City of Sammamish. Our diverse community represents the values that we reaffirmed in our proclamation to bring people together and not to divide them.

For more information, visit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page: https://connect.sammamish.us/equity-diversity-inclusion​

UPDATE

The City of Sammamish provides this clarification that it has not issued a business license to, nor collects any city taxes from, Epik Holdings Inc. Epik Holdings Inc. is operating under a State of Washington business license.​

https://www.sammamishwa.gov/news-events/archived-news?id=56551

HAHA OH WOW

 

[Future Sensors]

HAHA OH WOW

The generous gift from him to you may now look suspicious, if you look at it holistically.

 

[carob]

Found an interesting wiki profile of Mr Monster at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Epik with interesting points made about ideas of truth.

The wiki site says of itself at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki

RationalWiki (RW) is a community working together to explore and provide information about a range of topics centered around science, skepticism, and critical thinking. RW is owned by the RationalMedia Foundation (RMF), an incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

However, RW's objective isn't to collect views in and of itself (since the truth isn't a popularity contest), especially since we don't sell anything, nor run any type of ads in order to monetize hits. Instead, our intention is for every individual view to prove a chance for us to disseminate accurate information against the flood of pseudoscience and anti-intellectualism that permeates much of the public discourse today.

 

[Future Sensors]

It is kind of embarrassing really that a city has the need do that in relation to your company.

Their relations were good in the past.

https://www.sammamish.us/attachments/newsletters/Issue26Aug2004.pdf

 

[Molly White]

My research suggests that there was some outcry among Sammamish residents after Epik was reported to be providing services to Parler shortly after the January 6 Capitol attack. Parler transferred their domain registration to Epik on January 10, which aligns fairly closely with the timing of this statement.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1348840444579364864

Note that the ParlerTakes tweet screenshotted in Brett Hamil's tweet is inaccurate, most likely a case of the common error in distinguishing between hosting and registrar services that seems to plague Epik in particular. Epik stated they were not hosting Parler. Gab also claims to be using their own datacenter these days, for what it's worth.

 

[Molly White]

Found an interesting wiki profile of Mr Monster at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Epik with interesting points made about ideas of truth.

The wiki site says of itself at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki

Wonder if their writers also get hounded by Monster, various other Epik employees, and Joey Camp

 

[mr-x]

That is interesting that the city feels the need to name a specific company just to absolve themselves of any connection to them, especially in relation to hate and hate speech.

I don't think that is some random coincidence.

It is kind of embarrassing really that a city has the need do that in relation to your company.

Brad

Very likely people angry at Epik and RM contacted the city to complain about the political dissidents they host.

 

[DN Playbook]

Found an interesting wiki profile of Mr Monster at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Epik with interesting points made about ideas of truth.

The wiki site says of itself at https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki

Wonder if their writers also get hounded by Monster, various other Epik employees, and Joey Camp

Wow. I don't know. I think it makes the Wikipedia article sound tame by comparison.