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Legal Robot · Report #276244

Broken links for stale domains may be leveraged for Phishing, Misinformation, Defaming

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10 Nov 2017disclosed

How it was found

Hi,

URL: https://www.legalrobot.com/press/2016/07/07/tech4good-on-a-global-scale/

Broken link for an expired domain which is available for sale: http://ecotechfoundation.net/

You may verify that it is available for sale @ https://www.secureserver.net/domains/searchresults.aspx?prog_id=whois&domainToCheck=ecotechfoundation.net&plid=107275&pl_id=107275&ci=83269

Such links pose risk since it is from official legalrobot website and can be misused for Phishing scams or spreading misinformation, defaming.

It shall either be removed or updated to avoid the risk associated.

Please review.

Thanks!

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