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An Abandoned CDN Domain Was Re-Registered. Thousands of Sites Still Call It.

The Hacker News·September 18, 2026·1 min read
An Abandoned CDN Domain Was Re-Registered. Thousands of Sites Still Call It.

In July 2025, a domain belonging to a defunct content delivery network was re-registered after expiring. Thousands of websites, code repositories, and documentation pages still contain hard-coded references to hostnames under that domain, potentially exposing them to malicious control. The new owner now holds the domain, raising security risks for all dependent systems.

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