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Re:NSO hacked WhatsApp to spy on top government officials at... by yorwba on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:51PM (#21412946)
> That company is a front for the Chinese military, because if you do a reverse WHOIS search you will see http://pacbasin.com was also registered by the same organization...it is an autonomous drone hardware and extended flight operations firm.

Alternative explanation: Pacific Basin decided at some point that they needed an internet presence, and in addition to their main site pacificbasin.com they also registered pacbasin.com to prevent typo-squatting. Some time later, they decided that was no longer necessary and let the domain lapse. Subsequently, it was picked up for cheap to host the glossy marketing website of what appears to be a drone company.

Problems with that website: the social media icons are just for show; the contact email is for the likely unrelated startech.com; I can't find any way to buy their product; the company is called "星彩网平台航拍无人机系统", "星彩" evoking associations to lotteries. It's also completely unrelated to the domain name.

My personal interpretation: the website is intended to scam Chinese investors with a gambling mentality into throwing their money at a fake "high-tech company."

Do you have any data that would be able to distinguish between your hypothesis and my alternative?

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