Since Thanksgiving, visitors to LSUSports.net, the official website of the university’s athletic department, have been greeted by a picture of Danica Patrick and an ad for the domain name registry GoDaddy.com. LSU officials say the domain registry account was illegally accessed from outside the U.S. and transferred to a third-party account. Fans who want to keep up with LSU sports news are asked to visit LSUSports.com while the university works to resolve the situation. LSUSports.net is not available for purchase and will soon be back under the school’s control. LSU says there was no breach of account security or website information in any manner. A similar problem happened to the Dallas Cowboys recently, when someone from the team failed to renew the domain name DallasCowboys.com.
LSU Sports domain name stolen
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