Some of the Web's sketchiest sites share an address in Iceland
Source: The Star
Published on: 2024-10-21 03:01
REYKJAVIK, Iceland: The modern office building near the harbour in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, is best known as the home of the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which displays 320 specimens of mammal phalluses. To those who track cyber mischief, however, the building also has a reputation as a virtual offshore haven for some of the world's worst perpetrators of identity theft, ransomware, disinformation, fraud and other wrongdoing. That's because the museum's street address, Kalkofnsvegur 2, is also the registered address for Withheld for Privacy, a company that is part of a booming and largely unregulated industry in Iceland and elsewhere that allows people who operate online domains to shield their identities. While the practice has become commonplace for website owners seeking to protect themselves from harassment or spam, it has also helped others cover their tracks from prying r...
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