NYU.edu Defaced

nalzok · 2025-03-22T16:59:32 1742662772

  $ dig www.nyu.edu +noall +answer -t A

  ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> www.nyu.edu +noall +answer -t A
  ;; global options: +cmd
  www.nyu.edu.            1       IN      CNAME   dsvdfvx64.github.io.
  dsvdfvx64.github.io.    2995    IN      A       185.199.109.153
  dsvdfvx64.github.io.    2995    IN      A       185.199.110.153
  dsvdfvx64.github.io.    2995    IN      A       185.199.111.153
  dsvdfvx64.github.io.    2995    IN      A       185.199.108.153

Looks like someone added a CNAME record pointing https://www.nyu.edu to https://dsvdfvx64.github.io, but https://github.com/dsvdfvx64 is 404. I wonder how one can use GitHub Pages while the corresponding username doesn't exist.

remram · 2025-03-22T17:23:56 1742664236

It wasn't 404 before. It has probably been reported to GitHub and banned by them. The user only had that one repository though.

crtasm · 2025-03-22T23:48:04 1742687284

Yes, nothing else to see https://web.archive.org/web/20250322162327/https://github.co...

ndegruchy · 2025-03-22T16:21:40 1742660500

This is awful. Who does this? Racist screeds and divisiveness seem to be growing unchecked and it's really worrying.

steveBK123 · 2025-03-22T21:40:42 1742679642

And if you point it out on HN you get downvoted by "red pilled shape rotators" these days.

remram · 2025-03-22T20:21:13 1742674873

Posted later, more comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43447308