{
  "id": 1470478,
  "title": "Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on-expired-domains-to-redirect-traffic",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-14T18:48:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox has given the name dropcatch domains to those that get a second chance, where an expired domain becomes available for registration and is then snapped up by another party. During the first half of 2026, 50,400",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}