Whitney Houston’s daughter gets cybersquatted by porn star
Posted by Adriana Tayraco on Thu, Feb 16, 2012
As reported on domaingang.com, the domain BobbiChristina.com was registered by a porn star executive on the day of her mother’s death. Talk about disrespect!
While the world was mourning the loss of one of music’s greatest figures of the 90s, more than 325 related domains were registered in less than 24hrs according to domain registrar GoDaddy. Most of the domains registered were looking to monetize on the death of the singer with examples such as: whitneyhoustondiedat48.com, whitneyhoustonheartattack.com, or whitney-houston-legacy.com.
It is not unusual for cybercriminals revamp activities every time a famous individual passes away; we saw malware increase after the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, after Michael Jackson’s untimely death, cybersquatting attempts after Steve Jobs passed away, and now history is repeating itself with Houston’s death. What’s different now; however, is that they are not only going after the singer, but they have targeted her 18 year old daughter as well.
Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice of domaingang.com also revealed that: "According to top WHOIS tool, DomainTools, the registrant is Kaylee Kase Studios LLC, that according to Google results delve in the provision of “adult” aka pornographic web sites and content. Kaylee Kase Studios LLC describe themselves as such: “Management & multimedia studio for models seeking safe, legal, and respectable jobs within the adult entertainment industry – founded by pornstar Memphitz Creamer” ".
It seems like Mr. Creamer is a Whitney Houston fan, as his current Twitter background displays images of the late singer. This, nevertheless, did not stop him from registering Bobbi’s name on the same day her mother died.
He registered her barely legal, mourning daughter through his pornographic business. Let that sink for a minute.
The article on domaingang.com also noted that Aftermarket.com– an online marketplace for buying and selling domain names – considered this an obvious case of cybersquatting and removed the listing yesterday.
This goes on to show that everybody can be targeted by cybersquatters; your company, your CEO, your board members, and if your company has a mascot it will be targeted too. Before you see yourself paying a cybersquatter for a domain that should belong to you, make sure you are monitoring your brand to make sure no one is taking advantage of it. Contact us for more information on brand abuse and brand protection.