T35 Hosting
| File:T35 Hosting Logo.png | |
Type of site | Hosting service |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Melen, LLC |
| Created by | Alex Melen.[1] |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | March 30, 1997[2] |
T35 Hosting is a web hosting company founded in March 1997 by Alex Melen[3]. By 2009, T35 Hosting was providing hosting to over 600,000 websites and was ranked 7,000 on Alexa,[4][5] capitalizing on the closure of Geocities.[6] T35 Hosting have been featured on BusinessWeek's Best Entrepreneurs Under 25,[7][8] Bloomberg Top 101 Best Freebies,[9] YoungBiz Magazine[10], Mashable[11], Babson College Student Business of the Year[12] and ResellerClub's HostingCon.[13]
Hoshiko, LLC Patent Claims[edit]
In 2009, Hoshiko, LLC filled a claim against T35 Hosting citing ownership of the patent on subdomains[14]. The PTO ultimately rejected all 20 patent claims by Hoshiko, claiming the internet sub-domains is too obvious to patent.[15] It was also ruled as such by a decision from Congress[16].
Joseph Stack[edit]
T35 Hosting was the hosting provider for Joseph Stack, implicated in the 2010 Austin suicide attack.[17] The FBI allegedly requested that T35 Hosting take down Stack's website manifesto following the suicide attack.[18][19] Within minutes of the event, T35 Hosting received thousands of emails demanding Stack's words be reposted.[20][21]
Botnet Attacks[edit]
On April 29, 2010 David Anthony Edwawrds and Thomas James Frederick Smith plead guilty to building a custom botnet to attack T35 Hosting and ThePlanet.com. Using the botnet, Edwards and Smith broke into T35 Hosting, defaced the website, and posted username and passwords to the public[22][23]. They were later investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, leading to their arrest[24][25].
Hacking Attacks[edit]
T35 Hosting services were abused and used in several phishing and hacking attacks[26][27] including the attack on Habbo[28]. T35 Hosting's free hosting service was also used in various security experiments, including M86 Security Lab's identification of vulnerabilities in McAfee's Secure Short URL Service in 2010[29] and Imperva's cross-site scripting vulnerability profiling.[30] The continued abuse lead to T35 Hosting's member sites being listed in many back lists, including Denmark's censorship list[31] and eventually lead to the discontinuation of the free hosting services[32]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Whois t35.com
- ↑ Interview With Alex Melen of T35 Hosting
- ↑ "T35 Hosting to almost a million users worldwide: Alex melen on how it all started and Still changing". YHP. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ "Interview With Alex Melen – Founder Of T35 FREE Web Hosting". Retire21 Radio Program. 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "T35 Hosting to almost a million users worldwide: Alex melen on how it all started and Still changing". YHP. 2009. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
- ↑ "T35 Hosting Targets Former Geocities Users". TheWhir.com. 2009. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ↑ "The Best Entrepreneurs Under 25". BusinessWeek. 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "The Best Entrepreneurs Class of ‘06 Today - BusinessWeek". BusinessWeek. 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "101 Best Web Freebies". Bloomberg. 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "YoungBiz 100 Report on America's Top 'Treps" (PDF). Bloomberg. 2001. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ↑ Herber, Patric. "WEB HOSTING TOOLBOX: 130+ Resources for Your Web Hosting Needs". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ "Student Business of the Year Award". Babson College. 2006. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "HostingCon 2009: How Free Hosting Affects Budget Shared Hosting" (PDF). HostingCon. 2001. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ↑ "EFF Challenges Internet Subdomain Patent - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ "Patent office rejects subdomain patent claims". CNET. 2009. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "Congress Keeps Telecoms on the Hook for Illegal Spying". Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ↑ "Long 'rant' attributed to Austin pilot posted this morning". USAToday.com. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "The FBI Didn't Take Down Austin Plane Crash Pilot Joe Stack's Online Manifesto". BusinessInsider.com. 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "Plane Crash Suspect's Diatribe". TheSmokingGun.com. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Extremists in 'Patriot' Movement Calling Joe Stack a Hero". ABCNews. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Stack's Daughter Retracts 'Hero' Statement". ABCNews. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Texas man to plead guilty to building botnet-for-hire". TechWorld. 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ "Botnet test that aimed DDoS at ISP leads to guilty plea". ComputerWorld. 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
- ↑ Wilonsky, Robert (2010-06-10). "They Tried to Sell Their Attack Bots. They Offered Buyers a Taste. Now, It's Off to Prison". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ "Thomas James Frederick Smith, a/k/a "Zook," "TJ," and kingsmith007" and David Anthony Edwards, a/k/a "Davus" Guilty Pleas Press Release". www.justice.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ "Free hosting for malware". Cyren. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ↑ S, Geetha; Victy, Phamila, Asnath (2016-06-09). Combating Security Breaches and Criminal Activity in the Digital Sphere. IGI Global. ISBN 9781522501947. Search this book on
- ↑ "Hackers have targeted social networking service Habbo with a phishing attack, which successfully acquired login details". ITPRO. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ↑ "McAfee's Secure Short URL Service not so secure". HelpNetSecurity. 2010. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ↑ "The Anatomy of a Cross-Site Scripting Campaign Attackers" (PDF). Imperva.com. 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Denmark: 3863 sites on censorship list, Feb 2008". WikiLeaks. 2008. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
- ↑ "T35 Free Hosting 1997-2012 | T35 Hosting". T35 Hosting. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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