When surfing about the tubes I heard from a few people that something was amiss with RollingStone.com. So, I figured I’d wander over and have a look. The above screen shot was what was the screen cap that I grabbed at 3:08 pm (EST) today. Um, fairly certain that isn’t the standard home page.
So, did they forget to pay the bill? A quick check on the Network Solutions Whois.
Odd, things seem to be in order.
Hmm, a link on the “parked page” redirects to this domain
Registration Service Provided By: RESELLERCLUB
Contact: +1.4152361970
Website: http://www.resellerclub.comDomain Name: SEARCHIGNITED.COM
Registrant:
PrivacyProtect.org
Domain Admin ********@privacyprotect.org)
P.O. Box 97
Note – All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Moergestel
null,5066 ZH
NL
Tel. +45.36946676Creation Date: 26-May-2009
Expiration Date: 26-May-2010Domain servers in listed order:
ns2.cnomy.com
ns1.cnomy.com
OK, so let’s dig into the Network Solutions graphic from the top right hand side of the page.
Nope, that’s not right at all. Things are looking dubious.
Has Rollingstone been hacked?
UPDATE: When I tried to bring up the web page for the listed parent company of RollingStone.com, Wenner Media, I was greeted by this error page.
Thanks to Amber Baldet, one of the folks I mentioned earlier, for her screen cap.
UPDATE 2: I checked the Rolling Stone twitter feed. They confirmed the site outage. No official word as to why, yet.
UPDATE 3: Apparently, the problem is that “It’s just a technical problem — we’ll be up shortly,†he said. The domain name has been renewed and is current, he said.” (Thx Axel)
Renewed? Um, according to the domain record it was last updated August 2009 and won’t expire until 2011. I’m calling bullshit on the response from Wenner Media. And how exactly does a “glitch” replace an entire website with one of dubious origin? Not to mention resolve to an IP address 209.62.20.200 which, until earlier today, rollingstone.com resolved to either 88.221.94.201 or 88.221.94.248 and had done so since January 15th. I’ve grabbed a copy of the home page for posterity.
Please refrain from urinating on my leg and telling me it’s raining.
