Host Sailor Threatens to Sue Krebs OnSecurity
Summary: HostSailor's lawyers at Abdullah Alzarooni Advocates in Dubai sent KrebsOnSecurity a letter titled "Warning from Acts of Extortion and Abuse of the Privacy of Third Parties" threatening to sue unless a story about the hosting firm's origins was removed from the Web. The letter followed a KrebsOnSecurity report examining evidence that HostSailor was created from the remains of a defunct hosting firm known for harboring spammers and scammers, and it listed links the company wanted taken down, including a tweet in which the author warned that a source who reported ISIS-affiliated addresses to HostSailor had his name and contact information forwarded to the customer.
Why it matters: A source who reported ISIS propaganda sites to HostSailor had his abuse email forwarded to the customer with his name and contact information attached - he was saved only by using a pseudonym and throwaway address, which is the operational cost of trusting a hosting provider with an abuse report.
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