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In the past few weeks, a lot of domain names containing “reopen + US state / city name” have been registered, so who is behind this reset domain name?Obviously, this is closely related to Trump’s tweets, and a large number of such domain names were registered within hours of his series of tweets.
On April 17, Trump tweeted a series of highly inflammatory tweets urging American citizens to use the power of arms granted by the Second Amendment to the Constitution to “liberate” the implementation of policies of social isolation due to the epidemic. States On the same day, dozens of domain names were registered with “reopen + status”, such as reopenmn.com and reopeningchurch.com, etc. Foreign media KrebsOnSecurity found that most of them were started by conservative groups and gun rights advocates.
And most of the domain names will go to the Facebook page of the conservative Republicans, the website of the arms association, most of the content of the site is to incite the masses to organize marches, request the governor to resume the production. What is certain is that behind the proliferation of “reopened” domain names, the spearhead was aimed at this nationwide protest.
In the Reddit community, discussions focused on some new domain names, including reopenmn.com, reopenpa.com, and reopenva.com, which appear to be related to various gun rights organizations in these states. His record roughly coincided with simultaneous protests in Minnesota, California and Tennessee, and in recent days, people have appeared in protests against the segregation measures.
Subsequently, foreign media KrebsOnSecurity conducted a domain name search on DomainTools, and filtered and searched based on the “reopen” condition from “.com” in the past month. The results of the consultation yielded 150 records. In addition to domain names named after 50 US states. Some domain names also refer to large cities or counties in the United States, while others refer to more general concepts, such as “reopeningchurch.com” or “Reopenamericanbusiness.com”.
Many domains are still inactive, causing pages and registry records to be hidden behind privacy protection services. However, a review of other details in these areas shows that most of them are related to various gun rights organizations, Republican state organizations, conservative think tanks, religious and advocacy organizations.
For example, reopenmn.com is forwarded to minnesotagunrights.org, but the site’s WHOIS log record (which has been blocked since the Reddit topic was released) points to someone living in Florida. The Florida resident signed up at reopenpa.com, which can be submitted to the Pennsylvania Firearms Association, and urged residents of the state to contact the governor to relax COVID-19 restrictions.
Reopenpa.com is partnered with a Facebook page called “Pennsylvania Against Excessive Segregation,” which attempted to stage an “Operation Blockade” protest among 68,000 members in Pennsylvania today at noon.
