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Re:Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing someone els... by zdragnar on Monday August 29, 2022 @10:42AM (#32638902)
Not really, they don't often advertise that you should attack their customers directly. The closest I can remember was the LifeLock guy putting his social security number up publicly.

Otherwise, they prefer you hit test or personal accounts rather than paying customers...

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Re:Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing someone els... by MuffinFlavored on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:29AM (#32639444)
> The closest I can remember was the LifeLock guy putting his social security number up publicly.

ha. Did anything "good" (or bad) come of this?

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Re:Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing someone els... by bussierem on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:31AM (#32639468)
quick search:

> Davis publicly posted his Social Security number as part of a 2007 ad campaign to promote the company's identity theft protection services. However, Davis was a victim of 13 cases of identity theft between 2007 and 2008.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeLock#:~:text=Davis%20publi....

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