InterNIC Whois Hacked?
One of my tools occasionally accessing internic’s whois server for domain whois info freaked out this morning when it was trying to get results for some domains. So I tried to query some domains manually to see if it’s my tool that’s acting strange or there is some changes in the internic response.
You could do this at home by running cmd to get your command prompt and typing in telnet whois.internic.net 43 after the prompt. Once you’re in enter a domain name, like google.com and hit enter to get the whois info for that domain. As of today, this is the response I’m getting:
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.GOOGLE.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM
GOOGLE.COM.ZOMBIED.AND.HACKED.BY.WWW.WEB-HACK.COM
GOOGLE.COM.YAHOO.COM.MYSPACE.COM.YOUTUBE.COM.FACEBOOK.COM.THEYSUCK.DNSABOUT.COM
GOOGLE.COM.WORDT.DOOR.VEEL.WHTERS.GEBRUIKT.SERVERTJE.NET
GOOGLE.COM.VN
GOOGLE.COM.UA
GOOGLE.COM.TW
GOOGLE.COM.TR
GOOGLE.COM.SUCKS.FIND.CRACKZ.WITH.SEARCH.GULLI.COM
GOOGLE.COM.SPROSIUYANDEKSA.RU
GOOGLE.COM.SERVES.PR0N.FOR.ALLIYAH.NET
GOOGLE.COM.SA
GOOGLE.COM.PLZ.GIVE.A.PR8.TO.AUDIOTRACKER.NET
GOOGLE.COM.MX
GOOGLE.COM.IS.NOT.HOSTED.BY.ACTIVEDOMAINDNS.NET
GOOGLE.COM.IS.HOSTED.ON.PROFITHOSTING.NET
GOOGLE.COM.IS.APPROVED.BY.NUMEA.COM
GOOGLE.COM.HAS.LESS.FREE.PORN.IN.ITS.SEARCH.ENGINE.THAN.SECZY.COM
GOOGLE.COM.DO
GOOGLE.COM.CO
GOOGLE.COM.BR
GOOGLE.COM.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
GOOGLE.COM.AU
GOOGLE.COM.ACQUIRED.BY.CALITEC.NET
GOOGLE.COMTo single out one record, look it up with xxx , where xxx is one of the
of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with =xxx to receive a full display for each record.>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 08 May 2008 18:16:48 UTC <<<
Is it possible that InterNIC got hacked?
What’s strange is that when I go to their site and run the search there, it gives back the correct data: http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=google.com&type=domain