cyber squatters
Web address speculators
Cyber squatters are people who register internet domain names containing trademarked terms or famous names, hoping to sell them at inflated prices to the rightful owners or to profit from misdirected traffic.
The practice emerged in the early days of the web when valuable domains were still unclaimed: Cyber squatters snapped up celebrity names before the stars knew what a URL was.
- hijacksSeizes transport by force
- brandjackingExploiting another's trademark identity
- typosquattingExploiting domain name mistakes
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- domain namesUnique website identifiers
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