A collection of domains, controlled by a small group of users, could be used to spread fake news, bypass spam rule, or track and dox other users. (ProtectVoat)

submitted ago by MadWorld

Part 1 of 7

In continuation of the last submission, regarding the list of 20+ connected domains that spread fake news, I looked further into the characteristics of those domains and those submitters on Voat. I am not sure what to expect with this submission, other than presenting my findings and voice my opinions with the data I have collected at hand. You may notice that the archive dates are spread out across a whole week, that is because it was done in bits and pieces.

Notice that this data may be incomplete, as most of the 20+ domains were already offline or wiped, shortly after the last submission. Because of the number of domains involved, I made minimal effort to archive those sites. Lately, I had to resort to the timestamps from the search engine.

tl;dr: a collection of domains, controlled by a small group of users, could be used to spread fake news, bypass spam rule, or track and dox other users. Use vpn, tor, or anon proxies when possible, especially for high profile users.

Let's start by defining the metrics used to flag a domain, along with the submitters. A domain is flagged as suspicious, along with the users involved, if it exhibits one or a combination of the following characteristics:

  1. First submission to Voat being too close to domain's registration date: This strongly suggests that the submitter is directly or indirectly affiliated with the domain involved. This submitter either owns the domain or pushes the domain for its owner.
  2. Low traffic site recently been updated, closely followed by a submission to Voat: This suggests a weak but similar condition as #1.
  3. Site's wayback activity sparsely archived, with submission too close to the archived date: It suggests that the site showed some recent activity.
  4. Site's traffic history, followed too closely to the submission date: When a low traffic or barely active site made a submission on Voat, its traffic increases, followed by its decline back to zero or low traffic steady state.
  5. Multiple domains sharing the same set of IPs: Sharing IPs is common in shared hosting, but having those domains coincidentally showed up by a user or a small group of users, is not so common. This technique was probably used to circumvent Voat's spam rule, or possibly to disguise something else, such as repackaging of MSM news behind no-name domains.

Status of domains been investigated:

  • Domain1 akniinfo.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain2 cbinfo24.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain3 coolinfo24.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain4 cukam.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain5 cvikas.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain6 cvikasdrv.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain7 dailyinfo24.info, re-purposed, but traffic continued.
  • Domain8 fergieinfo.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain9 lifeinfo24.net, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain10 ludinfo24.com, taken offline, short-lived. First submission made 3 days after domain registration.
  • Domain11: mminfo24.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain12: policeglobal.com, still online on 2019-01-19.
  • Domain13: scandallinfo.com, online but data wiped, short-lived. First submission made only 12 hours after domain registration, very interesting!
  • Domain14: tapainfo.com, taken offline, short-lived. First submission made 4 days after domain registration.
  • Domain15: thenyherald.com, taken offline, short-lived. First submission made only 2.5 days after domain registration.
  • Domain16: tvrtinfo.com, taken offline, short-lived.
  • Domain17: usapatriotsvoice.com, taken offline on 2019-01-21.
  • Domain18: vtamedia.com, taken offline on 2019-01-21.
  • Domain19: classic2017.info, taken offline.
  • Domain20: ilovemyamerica.net, suspended.
  • Domain21 libertyinfonews.com, still online, but short-lived. First submission to Voat, 8 days dated from site's earliest article.

This list came from previous submission, where the domains were flagged for sharing a subset of identical articles that contained fake news. These domains also showed very short user engagement, suggesting clickbait nature.

Suspects found, evaluated by timestamps associated with domain registration, wayback archives, and site's traffic profile: Kilroy_1962, RussianIvantheCrazy, GizaDog, Dailytacs, yurisrevenge, nogarbagetrashonly, theoldones, Russianbots, Mogumbo, Sw0rdofDamocles, mattsixteen24, and Kippering. I tried to minimize the number of suspects and usually only flagged the first submitter to the domain.

  • Kilroy_1962
  • RussianIvantheCrazy
  • GizaDog
  • Dailytacs
  • yurisrevenge
  • nogarbagetrashonly
  • theoldones
  • Russianbots
  • Mogumbo
  • Sw0rdofDamocles
  • mattsixteen24
  • Kippering

Looking further into the suspects, I dumped all of the domains from their submission histories. There were 900+ domains, first sorted by domain names, then by IP addresses. As it was too much work to look at them individually, I only picked those domains that seemed unusual, or domains that shared similar names and/or with the same set of IPs. Many of the domains that were picked showed very similar characteristics as the ones that were previously investigated. They were relatively new domains made it to Voat, with a spike in their traffic histories. Some were strikingly clear to see that they were pushed by specific user. In one specific case, three domains were cascaded together, af-mg.com forwarded to dc-chronicle.com, with dc-chronicle.com's data on thenarrativetimes.org. Very interesting to say the least!!

List of domains picked up from suspects' submissions, that showed very similar behaviour to those of 20+ domains. Initial submissions were usually posted to Voat between days to 3 weeks, after domain registration or before traffic spike.

  • Domain22: americanews.network, offline, short-lived. First submission posted 10 days from domain registration.
  • Domain23: amirror.link, offline with bad gateway. First submission 6 days from domain registration.
  • Domain24: animeright.news, currently online, a shitpost website.
  • Domain25.1: americafastnews.net, offline, no ssl. Appeared to be 1 of 4 domains sharing same backend, see data log at the end. First submissions posted to Voat within 2 to 3 weeks of domain registration.
  • Domain25.2: conservativegeneration.net, offline, no ssl.
  • Domain25.3: conservativemind.net, offline, no ssl.
  • Domain25.4: topalertnews.com, offline, no ssl.
  • Domain26.1: newsusatoday.co, offline, expired. First submission 5 days from site's traffic spike.
  • Domain26.2 viraldailynews.co, offline, expired.
  • Domain27.1: politicalbelief.site, offline. First submission 12 days from domain registration.
  • Domain27.2: trumptroopers.com, offline. First submission 4 days from domain registration.
  • Domain27.3: viralview.site, offline.
  • Domain28: viralusfortrump.com, offline. First submission 4 days from domain registration.
  • Domain29.1: loveconservative.site, offline. First submission 13 days from domain registration.
  • Domain29.2: politicaltribes.site, offline.
  • Domain30: freedom-daily.com, re-purposed. First submission 21 days from previous domain registration.
  • Domain31.1: democratdossier.org, online. First submission between 1 week to 1 month.
  • Domain31.2: truthseries.net, online, no ssl. First submission 13 days before traffic spike.
  • Domain31.3: yellowvestmarch.com, online. First submission 15 days after domain registration.
  • Domain32: nationonenews.com, offline. First submission 7 days after domain registration.
  • Domain33: thenarrativetimes.org, online, connected to dc-chronicle.com, which itself was connected to af-mg.com. First submission 11 days before traffic peaked.
  • Domain34: nationonenews.org, offline. First submission 1 fucking day after domain registration.
  • Domain35.1: dc-chronicle.com, online, redirected from af-mg.com.
  • Domain35.2: af-mg.com, connected to dc-chronicle.com.
  • Domain36: dailycallernewsfoundation.org, online.
  • Domain37: redstatenation.com, online. First submission 8 days after domain registration.
  • Domain38: defiantamerica.com, online.

So it appears to me that there is likely a user or a small group of users, who are here to push contents, by hopping through disposable/burner domain names. Some of those domains pushed fake news, some pushed low quality contents or other bullshits. Some would circumvent spam rule with collection of domains at disposal. This is something that other goats can point out periodically. I am not too worried or concerned about that. But I am in a way concerned with its implications.

Cont to part 2: https://voat.co/v/ProtectVoat/3001782/16431060

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MadWorld ago

Part 2 of 7

If and when a small group of users owns or controls a large set of domain names, this group can create an illusion of choice or randomness. The information being collected can be used to track or dox other users. For example, the group creates a large number of submissions on Voat, from a collection of seemingly random domains that it controls, submits to different subverses. Goats of different interests visit those links, believing they were visiting different sites. Some will lurk or vote and move on, while other more active users will comment on the subject. This creates comment timestamps on Voat, which can be cross-referenced with the timestamps from the group's server(s). Given the clickbait nature of these sites, the gab between the timestamps, to be referenced, can be even shorter, making it event easier to establish educated guesses. There are cases, where the links are buried deep in the threads, implying that the chance of other users seeing them is minimal, the risk of been doxxed is even greater. Say a suspicious link was planted by a doxxer in a level 10 thread, a naive user clicked on it, followed by a comment in response to the content. It wouldn't need a lot of data to obtain this user's IP address. Furthermore, such condition can be optimized, where the doxxer only commented in submissions or threads that were already quieted down, and only targeted users were most likely to reply. In such cases, only one mistake is all that is required to have a user's IP doxxed.

So, if this group is here to push the contents from other domains, why didn't those domains show any steady increase in their traffic histories? Why did those domains only show a single spike, in most cases, across their entire traffic histories? If this group were sincerely only advertising for those domains, then it had been doing a terrible job! In my opinion, I think the objectives of those domains are a bit sinister, leaning toward tracking users on Voat.

Supposed that the intention was to track users on Voat, aside from pushing fake or clickbait news. Who would be the most likely targets? Doxxing an average user is useless, as it provides no real value in return. It only becomes valuable, if such high profile users are doxxed. The folks at GA and PG immediately come to my mind, since those subverses are most heavily shilled. If the real IPs of the researchers from the two subverses were obtained, people with resources would be able to identify those users' locations, which would lead to their real identities. It would also be possible for people without special resources to locate their targets, though more personal info would be needed. It probably is enough to just threaten those users with their IP addresses and force them to back off. I would suggest that high profile users stick to vpn, tor, or anon proxies, whenever possible.

I would like to propose that Voat periodically lists domain names from submissions, and possibly comments, where other users can browse and evaluate. It could be organized under the discover category, such as https://voat.co/discover/domain. The stats could include a small list of most recent or frequent submitters, number of times the domain has been shared, affiliated Voat accounts, if known, etc... Besides the obvious domain name search, the search feature could include discoverable domains listed by username, where searching a specific username would list submission stats of the domains. This approach would allow other users to quickly spot domain spammers or other suspicious users, without doing a manual stat dump.

MadWorld ago

Part 3 of 7 (data)

Domain1 akniinfo.com, whois, IP 46.30.215.167(shared by 2,368 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2019-01-03
Updated: 2019-01-10
Expires: 2020-01-03
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: N/A, short-lived
Archives:
* 2019-01-12 last known, archive

Domain2 cbinfo24.com, whois, IP 46.30.213.3(shared by 8,239 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-03-23
Updated: 2018-03-23
Expires: 2019-03-23
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: active 2018-06-16 255k, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-06-20 first wayback
* 2019-01-16 last known

Domain3 coolinfo24.com, whois, IP 46.30.215.181(shared by 2,381 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-11-28 15:50:08
Updated: 2019-01-11 15:51:16
Expires: 2019-11-28 15:50:08
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: active 2018-12-16 48k, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-12-04 first wayback
* 2018-12-07 last known
Submissions: submissions started shortly after domain registration date
Submitters(timestamp, username, subverse):
* 2018-12-10 14:29 Kilroy_1962(12 days) v/theawakening
* 2018-12-10 18:50 2903664(12 days) v/QRV
* 2018-12-12 01:26 gnexus(14 days) v/news
* 2018-12-15 05:58 boekanier(17 days) v/MuslimInvaders
SUSPECTS: Kilroy_1962

Domain4 cukam.com, whois, IP 46.30.213.198(shared by 12,215 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-08-14
Updated: 2018-08-14
Expires: 2019-08-14
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: active 2018-08-16 22k, short-lived
Archives:
* 2019-01-16 last known

Domain5 cvikas.com, whois, IP 46.30.213.2(shared by 8,149 domains)
Registrar: Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Registered: 2018-03-03
Updated: 2018-10-05
Expires: 2019-03-03
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: active 2018-05 to 2019-01 286k/mo, peaked on 2018-06, short-lived
Archives:
* 2019-01-03 last known, ran by Lora Wolson, a possible pseudonym taken from 1940 census record.
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters(timestamp, username, subverse):
* 2018-10-19 21:56 2799882(14 days) v/QRV
SUSPECTS: anon

Domain6 cvikasdrv.com, whois, IPS 46.30.213.230(shared by 9,662 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-07-28
Updated: 2018-07-28
Expires: 2019-07-28
Site Status: taken offline
Archives:
* 2019-01-07 first wayback
* 2019-01-16 last known online, site remained online at the time of my last submission.
Traffic History: 178k in 2018-09, short-lived

Domain7 dailyinfo24.info, whois, IPS 104.27.150.105(shared by 210 domains), 104.27.151.105(shared by 183 domains)
Registrar: Dynadot, LLC
Registered: 2018-07-09
Updated: 2018-09-07
Expires: 2019-07-09
Site Status: 2017-04-23 launched, re-purposed
Traffic History: traffic began 2017-05, above 100k 2017-07 onward, constant 117k 2018-03 to 2018-12, despite being re-purposed. I find it a little strange that there was no cool down period when the site's content became completely different.
Domain History:

  • A Record
    • 2017-04-27 to 2017-06-09, 160.153.162.132, GoDaddy.com, LLC, 1 month, shared by 700+ domains
    • 2017-06-09 to 2017-06-11, 107.180.126.68, ..., 2 days
    • 2017-06-11 to 2017-07-03, 107.180.126.63, ..., 22 days, possibly ranged ip
    • 2017-07-03 to 2017-10-14, 148.72.10.12, ..., 3 months
    • 2017-10-14 to 2017-10-16, 198.71.248.67, ... 2 days
    • 2017-10-16 to 2017-10-18, 184.168.131.233, ... 2 days
    • ... IPs toggled between two sets of ranged IPs.
  • MX
    • 2017-04-24 to 2017-12-07, mail.dailyinfo24.info
    • 2017-12-07 to 2018-03-10, dailyinfo24.info, Cloudflare Inc

Archives:
* 2017-05-15 previous domain owner's activity
* 2017-05-17 site appeared under construction
* 2017-06-03 site appeared usable on wayback
* 2018-08-08 Domain re-purposed for kid's stuff.
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2017-06-15 17:28 RussianIvantheCrazy(12 days) v/BernieSandersSucks
* 2017-07-18 15:05 RussianIvantheCrazy(15 days) v/MuslimInvaders
* 2017-07-18 17:51 nogarbagetrashonly(15 days) v/Obamagate
SUSPECTS: RussianIvantheCrazy

Domain8 fergieinfo.com, whois, IPS 46.30.213.6(shared by 8,312 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-06-23
Updated: 2019-01-11
Expires: 2019-06-23
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: 2018-08 30k, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-07-02 site appeared under construction
* 2018-11-17 site appeared usable on wayback
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-07-11 17:05 GizaDog(9 days) v/news
SUSPECTS: GizaDog

Domain9 lifeinfo24.net, whois, IPS 46.30.213.199(shared by 11,907 domains
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-10-01
Updated: 2019-01-10
Expires: 2019-10-01
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: N/A, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-12-30 last known online, no wayback history.

Domain10 ludinfo24.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.149(shared by 2,468 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-12-03 19:05:30
Updated: 2019-01-10 13:39:00
Expires: 2019-12-03 19:05:30
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: N/A, short-lived
Archives:
* 2019-01-03 last known online, no wayback history
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-12-06 14:27 Dailytacs(3 days) v/Worldnews
* 2018-12-18 04:36 SporadicSpasms(15 days) v/news
* 2018-12-18 04:48 theoldones(15 days) v/BloodOfEurope
SUSPECTS: Dailytacs, notable SporadicSpasms and theoldones

MadWorld ago

Part 4 (data cont.)

Domain11: mminfo24.com, whois, IPS 46.30.213.3(shared by 8,239 domains, also by cbinfo24.com)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2019-05-17 18:48:02
Updated: 2019-01-11
Expires: 2019-05-17
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: N/A, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-07-07 first wayback
* 2018-08-19 last known online
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-06-03 21:03 yurisrevenge(17 days) v/Leftists
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain12: policeglobal.com, whois, IPS 198.71.233.141(shared by 10,981 domains
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered: 2017-06-22
Updated: 2018-06-22
Expires: 2019-06-22
Site Status: still online on 2019-01-19
Traffic History: began 2017-08, peaked 234k in 2017-09, 486k in 2017-12, constant 43k 2018-05 onward
Archives:
* 2017-07-18 site under construction
* 2017-09-09 site usable on wayback
* 2019-01-16 still online
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2017-08-11 14:01 nogarbagetrashonly(24 days) v/GoodCopFreeDonut
SUSPECTS: nogarbagetrashonly(2nd hit)

Domain13: scandallinfo.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.162(shared by 2,468 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-12-14 16:53:20
Updated: 2019-01-11 06:50:53
Expires: 2019-12-14 16:53:20
Site Status: online but wiped
Traffic History: 66.7k in 2018-12, short-lived
Archives:
* 2019-01-19 data wiped, no wayback history. home, gallery, magazine, social issues, cops & criminals, video, life, world.
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-12-15 04:53 theoldones(almost exactly 12 hour after domain registration) v/BloodOfEurope
* 2019-01-05 21:43 MolochHunter(22 days) v/GreatAwakening
SUSPECTS: theoldones(2nd hit)

Domain14: tapainfo.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.247(shared by 3,603 domains
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-11-15 15:08:47
Updated: 2019-01-10 18:52:12
Expires: 2019-11-15 15:08:47
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: 195k in 2018-11, 550k in 2018-12, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-11-29 wayback archive
* 2019-01-15 Home, news, Magazine, World/Nature, Travel, Food, Life/Lifestyle, Health & Fitness, Gallery, About, Contact, Terms/Conditions. Site had numerous default pages from template.
* 2019-01-16 last known online
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-11-19 18:48 Russianbots(4 days) v/whatever
* 2018-11-20 08:22 MacMike(5 days) v/news
* 2018-11-20 16:23 Sw0rdofDamocles(5 days) v/Maryland
* 2018-11-21 15:37 ArtistiqueJewelry(6 days) v/theawakening
* 2018-11-22 01:10 critias(7 days) v/multiculturalcancer
* 2018-11-23 16:50 WagonBurner(8 days) v/Conspiracy
* 2018-11-26 00:04 2873330(11 days) v/QRV
* 2018-11-29 13:42 ArtistiqueJewelry(14 days) v/theawakening
* 2018-12-07 14:35 tendiesonfloor(22 days) v/politics
* 2018-12-15 14:13 thewebofslime v/politicalnews
* 2018-12-21 01:51 gnexus v/news
* 2018-12-21 03:15 myvoicefromhell v/whatever
* 2019-01-15 17:52 tendiesonfloor v/whatever
SUSPECTS: Russianbots

Domain15: thenyherald.com, whois, IPS N/A
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered: 2018-09-10 08:55:32
Updated: 2018-09-10 08:55:32
Expires: 2019-09-10 08:55:32
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: 75k in 2018-09, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-09-14 first wayback, The New York Herald - Breaking News
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-09-12 19:12 Mogumbo (2.5 days ) v/news
* 2018-09-12 22:07 Sw0rdofDamocles (2.5 days ) v/Pedophiles
* 2018-09-13 19:25 Shotinthedark (3.5 days ) v/whatever
SUSPECTS: Mogumbo, Sw0rdofDamocles(2nd hit)

Domain16: tvrtinfo.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.208(shared by 3,785 domains)
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered: 2018-11-19 17:41:58
Updated: 2019-01-11 00:26:24
Expires: 2019-11-19 17:41:58
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: 40k in 2018-12, 132k in 2018-12, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-11-29 first wayback, articles dated 11/26 to 11/28.
* 2018-12-16 last known online, 2nd article
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-12-10 17:34 Dragon40(14 days ) v/PoliticsNews
* 2018-12-14 11:07 ElfieJo(18 days) v/theawakening
* 2018-12-14 13:37 2912093(18 days) v/QRV
* 2018-12-26 13:42 TPTBNewsReviewer v/news
* 2018-12-26 20:58 Grindelwo v/Canada

Domain17: usapatriotsvoice.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.197(shared by 3,955 domains)
Registrar: Ascio Tech
Registered: 2018-02-24
Updated: 2018-10-06
Expires: 2019-02-24
Site Status: still online on 2019-01-19, taken offline on 2019-01-21
Traffic History: peaked 85k in 2018-07, no traffic since 2018-09
Archives:
* 2018-03-03 first wayback
* 2018-07-21 archived fake news
* 2019-01-16 archived another fake news
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-07-16 11:50 elburrito v/IslamUnveiled
* 2018-07-16 17:34 Bfwilley v/FreePoliticalDisc
* 2018-07-18 10:07 Scrooblemeyer v/news
* 2018-07-18 10:08 Scrooblemeyer v/IslamUnveiled
* 2018-07-18 10:20 Scrooblemeyer v/IslamUnveiled
* 2018-07-18 13:08 2636879 v/Germany
* 2018-08-03 08:58 boekanier v/MuslimInvaders
* 2018-08-03 09:00 boekanier v/MuslimInvaders
* 2018-08-03 14:49 Tazzermalt v/atheism

Domain18: vtamedia.com, whois, IPS 46.30.213.6(shared by 8,312 domains, also by fergieinfo.com)
Registrar: Ascio Tech
Registered: 2018-03-21
Updated: 2018-10-04
Expires: 2019-03-21
Site Status: still online, taken offline on 2019-01-21
Traffic History: 13k in 2018-04, 19k 2018-10
Archives:
* 2019-01-16 fake news1
* 2019-01-16 fake news2

Domain19: classic2017.info, whois, IPS N/A
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered: 2017-04-30
Updated: 2018-05-01
Expires: 2019-04-30
Site Status: taken offline
Traffic History: peaked 70k 2017-10, offline
Archives:
* 2017-05-21 first wayback
* 2017-09-22 wayback archived fake news, published on 2017-09-20; however, the actual video was published on 2014-01-13. Submission: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2017-09-20 15:27 HarveyKlinger v/Denver
* 2017-09-20 16:09 Iknowtwomuch v/whatever

argosciv ago

Domain19: classic2017.info~

~HarveyKlinger

Again!

MadWorld ago

Haha, yeah...

I think there is too much data, within this submission. It would take some time to actually go through those domains.

MadWorld ago

Part 5 (data cont.)

Domain20: ilovemyamerica.net, whois, IPS 46.30.215.225(shared by 4,017 domains)
Registrar: Ascio Tech
Registered: 2017-08-09
Updated: 2018-10-13
Expires: 2019-08-09
Site Status: suspended
Traffic History: no traffic prior to 2017-10, peaked 80k in 2017-11, probably suspended around 2018-07-16
Archives:
* 2018-04-23 first wayback, articles dated from 1/23 to 3/9/2018.
* 2018-11-17 last known archive
Submissions: searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2017-10-29 03:14 Ex-Redditor v/Europe
* 2017-10-29 17:33 KevinArnold v/NeoFAG
* 2018-06-09 18:25 jqueso v/IslamUnveiled

Domain21 libertyinfonews.com, whois, IPS 46.30.215.129(shared by 2,528 domains)
Registrar: Ascio Tech
Registered: 2017-12-01
Updated: 2018-11-01
Expires: 2019-12-01
Site Status: still online
Traffic History: no traffic prior to 2018-06-16, 17k in 2018-06, no traffic in 2018-07 onward. still online but short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-07-05 first wayback, articles dated 7/4 to 7/5. Live site dated 6/30/2018 to 7/9/2018.
Submissions: searchvoat Submitters:
* 2018-07-08 22:48 mattsixteen24(8 days ) v/news
* 2018-07-08 23:13 Kippering(8 days ) v/Miscegenation
SUSPECTS: mattsixteen24, Kippering

Domain22: americanews.network, whois, IP 198.54.126.161(shared by 779 domains)
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered: 2018-03-06
Updated: 2018-03-11
Expires: 2019-03-06
Site Status: offline
Traffic History: no traffic up to 2018-03-01, 44k to 2018-03-16, no traffic afterwards, probably taken offline sometime after 2018-04-01, short-lived
Archives:
* 2018-08-05: first wayback, site redirected to http://daliasalon.com, site currently taken offline.
Submissions: https://archive.fo/rugYF
Submitters:
* 2018-03-16 19:41 yurisrevenge, 10 days
* 2018-03-16 20:04 HarveyKlinger, 10 days
* 2018-03-16 20:13 HarveyKlinger, 10 days
* 2018-03-19 01:43 rapedbyanape, 13 days
* 2018-03-20 10:30 yurisrevenge, 14 days
* 2018-03-24 18:20 yurisrevenge
* 2018-03-24 18:20 yurisrevenge
* 2018-03-28 01:41 yurisrevenge
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge, HarveyKlinger, rapedbyanape

Domain23: amirror.link, whois, IP 104.18.32.23(shared by 200 domains), 104.18.33.23(shared by 176 domains)
Registrar: Gandi SAS
Registered: 2018-07-16
Updated: 2018-07-21
Expires: 2019-07-16
Site Status: offline with bad gateway error
Traffic History: no traffic up to 2018-07-16, peaked 99k on 2018-10-16, in sharp decline since its peak.
Archives:
* no known archive.
Submissions: https://archive.fo/kKQ0r
Submitters:
* 2018-07-22 15:37 Lafall, 6 days
* 2018-07-25 01:41 truthbeloathed, 9 days
* 2018-08-20 19:25 truthbeloathed
* 2018-08-28 03:26 truthbeloathed
* 2018-09-28 16:10 Kippering
* 2018-10-21 03:03 GlobalSouth

SUSPECTS: Lafall, truthbeloathed

Domain24: animeright.news, whois, IP 198.204.236.51(currently shared by 2 domains, animeright.news and animeright.xyz)
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2017-02-18
Expires On: 2019-02-18
Updated On: 2018-04-03
Site Status: currently online, a shitpost website
Traffic History: little traffic 2017-03 to 2017-05, steady incline from 2018-01
Relocation History: Cloudflare Inc, Alistar Security Srl, Namecheap, Inc, Alistar Security Srl, DataShack, LC
Archives:
* 2017-03-05: First wayback snapshot
Submissions: https://archive.fo/VyJs4
Submitters:
* 2017-03-30 10:46 AnimeRight
* 2017-05-04 16:26 Stormer-chan
* 2017-05-04 16:28 Stormer-chan
* ...
* 2017-05-05 22:57 brigbother
* 2017-05-06 17:39 HarlandKornfeld14
* ...
* 2017-05-14 04:05 BuddhaEyes3
* 2017-05-27 01:05 sameGoatIamNot
* 2017-05-29 21:20 thepenginsloth
* 2017-06-19 02:11 Rask-III
* ...
* 2017-06-25 07:09 rohenheim
SUSPECTS: AnimeRight Stormer-chan

Domain25.1: americafastnews.net, whois, IP 198.54.117.197-200(shared by 652,958 domains, ip2, ip3, ip4, previous ip shared by 181,754 domains
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-01-11
Expires On: 2019-01-11
Updated On: 2019-01-11
Site Status: offline, no ssl
Traffic History: N/A
Archives:
* 2018-01-30 site did not archive properly on wayback, suggesting site was not properly index
Submissions: very odd that site with no traffic was submitted to Voat, so close to its domain reg date, searchvoat
Submitters:
* 2018-02-01 14:15 yurisrevenge v/news, 21 days, likely 1 week
* 2018-02-02 11:38 yurisrevenge v/news
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain25.2: conservativegeneration.net, whois, IP 198.54.117.197-200, shared with americafastnews.net, see above
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-01-11
Expires On: 2019-01-11
Updated On: 2019-01-11
Site Status: offline, no ssl
Traffic History: N/A
Archives:
* 2018-01-18: First wayback archive, possibly under construction
Submission: https://archive.fo/dqssu
Submitters:
* 2018-01-30 02:18 yurisrevenge v/CuckedCelebs, 19 days
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge(multiple hits already)

Domain25.3: conservativemind.net, whois, IP 198.54.117.197-200, shared with americafastnews.net and conservativegeneration.net, see above
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-01-13
Expires On: 2019-01-13
Updated On: 2019-01-13
Site Status: offline, no ssl
Traffic History: no traffic to 2018-01-15, 29k peak on 2018-01-31, no traffic from 2018-02-15 onwards
Archives: N/A
Submissions: https://archive.fo/pWoAO
Submitters:
* 2018-01-28 21:44 yurisrevenge v/politicalnews, 15 days
* 2018-01-28 21:50 yurisrevenge v/ice
* 2018-02-02 13:37 yurisrevenge v/ObamaForPrison
* 2018-02-03 21:43 yurisrevenge v/news
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain25.4: topalertnews.com, whois, IP 198.54.117.197-200, shared with americafastnews.net, conservativegeneration.net, and conservativemind.net, see above
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-01-11
Expires On: 2019-01-11
Updated On: 2019-01-12 Site Status: offline, no ssl
Traffic History: no traffic to 2018-06-30, peaked at 34k on 2018-07-31, no traffic from 2018-08-15 onwards
Archives:
* 2018-08-05 wayback archive

Submissions: https://archive.fo/hinqU
* 2018-02-02 13:44 yurisrevenge v/DrainTheSwamp, 22 days
* 2018-02-02 14:57 yurisrevenge v/GreensForTrump
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge, at least 4 domains pointed to identical set of ips, all submissions were made close to those domain registration dates.

Domain26.1: newsusatoday.co, IP 100.24.247.24, previous ip shared by 156 domains
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2017-12-20
Updated On: 2018-12-25
Expires On: 2018-12-20
Site Status: offline, expired
Traffic History: no traffic up to 2018-01-31, peaked at 22k on 2018-02-15, no traffic afterwards
Submissions: https://archive.fo/nvWNL
Submitters:
* 2018-02-10 13:38 yurisrevenge v/ObamaForPrison, 5 days
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain26.2 viraldailynews.co, IP 100.24.247.24, shared with newsusatoday.co
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2017-12-25
Updated On: 2018-12-30
Expires On: 2018-12-25
Site Status: offline, expired
Traffic History: no traffic to 2017-12-31, peaked at 56k on 2018-01-31, no traffic from 2018-02-15 onwards
Submissions: https://archive.fo/FbE3m
Submitters:
* 2018-01-28 17:54 yurisrevenge v/news, 28 days

think- ago

re: yurisrevenge - not surprised at all.

Has been on my shill watch list forever.

@Vindicator @EricKaliberhall @Crensch @srayzie @Shizy

MadWorld ago

Yah this user popped up a LOT!!

think- ago

Lafall

Imo: Lafall = Kippering = ChippyTubes = SebuttYopick = Tazzermalt (not sure about the latter though).

And he has some more alts, that I don't seem to remember at present.

We banned several of his alts on v/pizzagate.

@Vindicator @Crensch @EricKaliberhall @srayzie @Shizy

MadWorld ago

There is something I do not quite understand. Why are there so many domains that are short-lived, with a single spike in traffic history. If the objective is to shill or promote those sites, the traffic should have been steady, in some ways. That is why I am leaning toward the tracking/doxxing part of the conclusion.

think- ago

If the objective is to shill or promote those sites, the traffic should have been steady, in some ways.

Yes. There are some sites here or some news content that are obviously pushed by bots too, but they seem to be regular sites (like voiceofeurope, which is Mossad imo).

On the other hand, the Russians would be the least likely candidates to doxx the PG or GA mods imo (lol), since Putin is pushing the 'Western elites are satanic pedos' narrative anyway. But I'm pretty sure they have nice little files about all of us. ;-)

@Vindicator @Crensch @srayzie @Shizy @EricKaliberhall

argosciv ago

Domain22: americanews.network~

* 2018-03-16 20:04 HarveyKlinger, 10 days * 2018-03-16 20:13 HarveyKlinger, 10 days

And AGAIN.

MadWorld ago

There were some 900+ domains on the list. I only had time to go through the obvious ones. Even that, it was some 46 domains listed in this submission, I think.

MadWorld ago

Part 6 (data cont.)

Domain27.1: politicalbelief.site, IP 198.54.126.160
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2018-03-09
Expires On: 2019-03-09
Updated On: 2018-05-01
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/HFDMB
* 2018-03-21 01:06 yurisrevenge, 12 days

Domain27.2: trumptroopers.com, IP 198.54.126.160, shared with politicalbelief.site
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-02-18
Expires On: 2019-02-18
Updated On: 2018-02-18
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/FhAGR
* 2018-02-22 11:13 yurisrevenge, 4 days

Domain27.3: viralview.site, IP 198.54.126.160, shared with politicalbelief.site and trumptroopers.com
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2018-03-09
Expires On: 2019-03-09
Updated On: 2018-05-01
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/LePGF
* 2018-03-16 10:23 yurisrevenge, 17 days

SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain28: viralusfortrump.com, 198.54.126.161
Registrar: NameCheap, Inc.
Registered On: 2018-02-19
Expires On: 2019-02-19
Updated On: 2018-02-19
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/iaNaS
* 2018-02-23 11:16 yurisrevenge, 4 days
* 2018-03-06 20:54 rapedbyanape
* 2018-03-07 13:05 yurisrevenge
* 2018-03-08 11:28 rapedbyanape

Domain29.1: loveconservative.site, 198.54.126.162
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2018-03-01
Expires On: 2019-03-01
Updated On: 2018-04-13
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/9wL0Y
* 2018-03-14 12:55 rapedbyanape, 13 days
* 2018-03-21 00:16 yurisrevenge
* 2018-03-21 00:16 yurisrevenge

Domain29.2: politicaltribes.site, 198.54.126.162, shared with loveconservative.site
Registrar: Namecheap
Registered On: 2018-03-16
Expires On: 2019-03-16
Updated On: 2018-05-01
Site Status: offline
...
Submissions:
* 2018-04-10 03:07 Mogumbo, 25 days
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge, rapedbyanape, Mogumbo

Domain30: freedom-daily.com
Registrar: DropCatch.com 1396 LLC
Registered On: 2018-06-17
Updated On: 2018-10-22
Expires On: 2019-06-17
Site Status: re-purposed
Previous Domain Ownership: 2018-01-08 to 2018-04-13, Cloudflare Inc
Previous Domain IPs: 104.28.13.140, 104.28.12.140
Traffic History: no traffic up to 2018-01-15, peaked at 23k on 2018-02-15, sharp decline afterwards
Archive:
* 2018-01-10 wayback archive
Submissions: https://archive.fo/nPi6k
* 2018-01-29 22:12 yurisrevenge, 21 days
* 2018-01-31 01:55 yurisrevenge
* 2018-02-08 06:10 boekanier
* 2018-02-09 18:31 yurisrevenge
* 2018-02-12 03:14 yurisrevenge
* 2018-02-19 21:02 Smartech
* 2018-02-19 21:10 Smartech
* 2018-02-22 01:48 rapedbyanape
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain31.1: democratdossier.org, 184.168.131.241, ip shared by 7,889,430 domains
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered On: 2018-05-17
Expires On: 2019-05-17
Updated On: 2018-07-17
Site Status: online
Traffic History: N/A
Archives:
* 2018-06-19 first wakback
Submissions: https://archive.fo/6brU9
* 2018-06-17 20:23 GizaDog
SUSPECTS: GizaDog

Domain31.2: truthseries.net, 184.168.131.241, ip shared with democratdossier.org
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered On: 2017-08-07
Expires On: 2019-08-07
Updated On: 2017-08-07
Site Status: online, no ssl
Traffic History: no traffic up to 2018-08-15, peaked at 133k on 2018-10-15, in decline
Submissions: https://archive.fo/v0lU9
* 2018-08-28 04:23 2693437/news, 13 days
* 2018-12-02 17:56 yurisrevenge, 16 days
* 2018-12-02 17:58 yurisrevenge
* 2018-12-02 17:58 yurisrevenge
SUSPECTS: yurisrevenge

Domain31.3: yellowvestmarch.com, 184.168.131.241, ip shared with democratdossier.org and truthseries.net
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered On: 2018-12-15
Expires On: 2019-12-15
Updated On: 2018-12-15
Site Status: online
Traffic History: N/A
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/ZOknh
* 2018-12-30 22:59 IndigoEyes, 15 days
* 2018-12-30 23:04 IndigoEyes, 15 days
* 2018-12-30 23:11 theoldones, 15 days
* 2018-12-31 06:28 2943855/QRV
SUSPECTS: IndigoEyes, theoldones

Domain32: nationonenews.com, whois
Registrar: Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Registered On: 2016-10-11
Expires On: 2019-10-11
Updated On: 2017-12-17
Site Status: offline
Traffic History: 2016 traffic not available
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/s9rPt
* 2016-10-18 07:04 skitmann v/news, 7 days
* 2016-11-01 23:02 SarMegahhikkitha v/news
* 2017-03-10 05:20 MickeyDee v/TheDonald
* 2017-08-25 15:18 KosherHiveKicker v/politics
* 2017-12-17 13:42 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-17 15:15 mmoates v/news
* 2017-12-18 00:48 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-18 00:55 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-18 14:03 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-18 16:11 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-18 21:02 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-18 21:29 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-19 03:14 goatsandbros v/ByeBeaners
* 2017-12-19 23:35 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-12-21 14:33 mmoates v/politics
* ...
SUSPECTS: skitmann

Domain33: thenarrativetimes.org, whois, IP 46.30.215.255
IP History(Org changes every 2 to 3 months): 104.37.35.95, 104.25.119.27 104.25.118.27, 104.37.35.95, 50.116.99.125, 104.37.35.126
Registrar: Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Registered On: 2017-02-02
Expires On: 2021-02-02
Updated On: 2018-08-27
Site Status: online, connected to dc-chronicle.com, which itself was connected to af-mg.com
Traffic History: low traffic in 2017-08-15, peaked on 2017-10-15, declined afterwards
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/RSA1L
* 2017-08-26 11:50 mmoates v/news, 11 days
* 2017-08-26 12:32 mmoates v/news
* 2017-08-27 07:02 mmoates v/Trump
* 2017-08-27 07:02 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-08-27 07:30 mmoates v/news
* 2017-08-27 14:21 jamesarrington v/politics
* 2017-08-27 14:22 jamesarrington v/news
* 2017-08-27 14:23 jamesarrington v/politics
* 2017-08-27 14:26 johnnyarrington v/politics
* 2017-08-27 14:39 johnnyarrington v/news
SUSPECTS: mmoates

Domain34: nationonenews.org, whois
IP History: 104.27.133.176 104.27.132.176, 104.27.91.95 104.27.90.95, 104.37.35.126, 46.30.215.223
Registrar: Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Registered On: 2017-10-16
Expires On: 2019-10-16
Updated On: 2018-03-11
Site Status: offline
Traffic History: no traffic on 2017-10-15, peaked at 119k on 2017-11-15, sharp decline down to 25k
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/tYkDf
* 2017-10-17 10:52 mmoates v/politics, 1 day
* 2017-10-17 10:54 mmoates v/news
* 2017-10-17 12:57 mmoates v/news
* 2017-10-17 13:00 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-10-17 15:06 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-10-17 15:08 mmoates v/news
* 2017-10-19 08:29 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-10-19 11:18 mmoates v/politics
* 2017-10-19 14:52 mmoates v/politics
* ...
SUSPECTS: mmoates

MadWorld ago

Part 7 of 7 (data cont.)

Domain35.1: dc-chronicle.com, whois, IP 104.25.248.105 104.25.247.105
Registrar: One.com A/S
Registered On: 2018-05-27
Expires On: 2019-05-27
Updated On: 2018-10-01
Site Status: online, redirected from af-mg.com
Traffic History: no traffic on 2018-05-15, peaked at 150k on 2018-09
Archives:
* 2018-07-20 first wayback https://archive.fo/w9u3F
Submissions: https://archive.fo/irwzq
* 2018-07-08 21:56 mmoates v/politics, 1 week, give or take
* 2018-07-08 23:48 Scrooblemeyer v/politics
* 2018-07-09 05:31 Scrooblemeyer v/news
* 2018-07-09 05:33 Scrooblemeyer v/TheDonald
* 2018-07-11 10:43 mmoates v/politics
* 2018-07-13 00:14 mmoates v/politics
* 2018-07-15 11:25 mmoates v/politics
* ...
SUSPECTS: mmoates

Domain35.2: af-mg.com, whois, IP 192.0.78.226 192.0.78.134, related to dc-chronicle.com
Registrar: Automattic Inc.
Registered On: 2017-08-21
Expires On: 2019-08-21
Updated On: 2019-01-23
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/8aQi2
* 2017-09-22 02:50 Arrvee v/politics
* 2017-09-22 05:37 HighLevelInsider v/Conspiracy
* 2017-11-27 06:12 Ex-Redditor v/politics
* 2017-11-27 06:14 Ex-Redditor v/uspolitics
* 2018-03-14 19:59 Chiken-lover_Hater v/GreatAwakening
* 2018-03-15 01:52 Ex-Redditor v/SethRich
* 2018-03-16 10:39 shadow332 v/news
* 2018-03-16 14:48 Sw0rdofDamocles v/USNews
* 2018-04-06 12:03 River_Otter v/news
* 2018-09-17 04:40 hfkmfn v/politics
* 2018-09-17 16:22 Scrooblemeyer v/news
* 2018-09-17 16:59 Scrooblemeyer v/news
* 2018-09-17 17:19 Scrooblemeyer v/politics
* 2018-11-16 23:47 parnellsUprising v/news
* 2018-11-27 23:12 GeneralBoozer v/GreatAwakening
* 2018-12-09 19:27 thewebofslime v/newswhatever

Domain36: dailycallernewsfoundation.org, whois, 199.231.120.39
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered On: 2012-01-12
Expires On: 2021-01-12
Updated On: 2019-01-13
Site Status: online
Traffic History: N/A prior to 2016
Archives:
* 2015-08-01 first wayback, very low content prior to 2015
Submissions: https://archive.fo/0VH2H
* 2015-09-13 18:01 axolotl__peyotl v/news
* 2015-09-14 04:08 FinnTheHuman v/Conspiracy
* 2016-09-30 19:09 individualin1984 v/politicalnews
* 2016-10-16 07:30 WellSetTable v/news
* 2016-11-15 20:43 NeedleStack v/news
* 2016-12-02 12:14 carnold03 v/Military

Domain37: redstatenation.com, whois, IP 104.24.124.121 104.24.125.121
Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Registered On: 2017-08-02
Expires On: 2019-08-02
Updated On: 2019-01-18
Site Status: online
Traffic History: peaked on 2017-09-15
...
Submissions: https://archive.fo/XKb4q
* 2017-08-10 20:45 nogarbagetrashonly (8 days) v/mediawhores
* 2017-08-17 20:24 RussianIvantheCrazy v/news
* 2017-08-18 20:54 engrish_is_hard v/TrumpThreats
* 2019-01-08 22:52 eunpiacere v/news
* 2019-01-09 18:08 eunpiacere v/politics
* 2019-01-10 19:50 eunpiacere v/news
* 2019-01-11 16:02 eunpiacere v/news
* 2019-01-11 22:12 eunpiacere v/news
* 2019-01-12 18:14 eunpiacere v/news
SUSPECTS: nogarbagetrashonly, RussianIvantheCrazy

Domain38: defiantamerica.com, whois
Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Registered On: 2016-11-01
Expires On: 2019-11-01
Updated On: 2018-11-03
Site Status: online
Traffic History:
Submissions: https://archive.fo/eM3ZT

Several suspects showed up on this list: nogarbagetrashonly engrish_is_hard 1801204 RussianIvantheCrazy

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think- ago

Chiken-lover_Hate

Doesn't the guy have a similar sounding alt?

Like 'Chicken-loverHater' or something?

MadWorld ago

Like 'Chicken-loverHater' or something?

Not sure, so far this is the only one popping up.