Megaupload used to be a multi-million dollar file-sharing service that was shut down by the FBI a half decade ago on criminal charges.
Now Megaupload.org serves up softcore porn ads for casual sex, and pay-per-view sex cams even though the U.S. government continues to control the domain, TorretFreak reported.
Ars Technica has the summary of a similar scan that took place last year:
In all likelihood, this is the same thing that happened last year, when similarly scammy-looking ads took over the main Megaupload.com page. The FBI used a domain called cirfu.net as a “name server” to re-direct traffic from sites it had seized. Then the Bureau apparently forgot to renew that domain, allowing someone else to purchase it.
Cirfu.net expired a few weeks ago. With another oversight on the FBI’s part, it looks like an outsider has popped in to purchase the Megaupload domain once again.
