In March, cybersecurity researchers at Check Point released a report about the uptick in Zoom-related domains being registered by hackers since the pandemic. If was registered to a bad actor, there could have been some real security problems for the company. “But fortunately for them, it looks to be owned by a totally different business.”Ĭahill is actually a blessing in disguise for Zoom. “ is probably the most risky domain name for Zoom to not own,” said Silver. com are perceived as more trustworthy and more memorable to most people.įurthermore, when the average internet user couldn’t remember what the domain extension was for a website they wanted to visit, they were most likely to assume it was. A study that came out last year found that domains ending in.
com domain name and that extension is not a part of its brand, it risks traffic leakage,” explained Elliot Silver, who runs the popular industry blog, in an email to Mashable.ĭot-com is king on the internet. He received as many as four calls each day from users looking for Zoom and not his company, Zoomus. “I actually use their service every day of the week, which is ironic.”Īccording to Cahill, traffic to his website started to go up after the pandemic started. “I have number posted on my wall so when people do call, I just give them their toll free number, because if I don't they keep calling back,” he said. He says he bought the domain name in 2010 or 2011, back when Zoom was “very small and not known,” for around $5,000.īut the calls really started to come in when people across the country started to work from home in March. Credit: screenshot: mashableīefore the coronavirus, Cahill got calls from people looking for Zoom every once in awhile. A new pop-up on informs visitors that they are not on.
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