engadget taking on a piece of news from motherboard
Internet domains are becoming increasingly desirable, especially as the web becomes crowded and it becomes harder to find memorable addresses. However, one man unfortunately took this to a violent extreme. Iowa resident Sherman Hopkins Jr. has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to steal control of doitforstate.com (which doesn't currently point anywhere) in an armed robbery.
Hopkins pleaded guilty to invading a home in June 2017 and demanding that that [sic] the victim (Ethan Deyo) transfer the domain through GoDaddy while pointing a pistol at his head. When Deyo asked for the mailing address and phone number he needed to complete the domain, Hopkins pistol-whipped and tased him several times. Deyo managed to get control of the gun and shoot Hopkins, but only after Hopkins had shot him in the leg.
Domain name armed hijacking?
[Updated to correct typo in title: replaced "Robery" with "Robbery"... glad you had some fun at our expense in the comments!]
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday July 20 2018, @03:47PM (1 child)
You sure you didn't step into the world of Austin Powers?
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 20 2018, @04:21PM
A guy just held up someone at gunpoint for a domain name.
You tell me.