Hackers Control Perl.com Domain Months Before Hijack

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Serving articles about the Perl programming language since 1997 and managed by The Perl Foundation, the domain started pointing to a parked site at the end of January, with evidence suggesting connections to sites distributing malware.

The issue, some of those involved with maintaining the site said at the time, was related to an account hijack that resulted in an unknown party being able to grab the domain for ten years.

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