Typosquatters

Facebook Wins Court Battle Against “Typosquatters”

http://allthingsd.com/20130501/facebook-wins-court-battle-against-typosquatters/

A typosquatter is the name for companies or individuals who purchase domain names like “gacebook” or “dacebook” in the hope that users will accidentally visit the sites.

In this particular case, the defendants were sitting on many different misspelled domains which, when visited, would redirect users to other, sometimes malicious, sites.

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