ISPs may wish to action the attached request from Al-Jazeera received today.

 

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John Gandy

 

Commerce Commission | Chief Adviser

44 The Terrace | PO Box 2351 | Wellington 6140 | New Zealand

DDI +64 (0)4 924 3677 | john.gandy@comcom.govt.nz

 

 

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From: telco
Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 8:04 a.m.
To: John Gandy; Simon Thomson
Subject: FW: Request to clear DNS record cache in the ISP Network
Importance: High

 

 

 

 

 

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From: Nabil Belkaid [mailto:BelkaidN@aljazeera.net]
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012 11:20 p.m.
To: telco
Subject: Request to clear DNS record cache in the ISP Network
Importance: High

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

To whom it may concern

 

We, the Al-Jazeera Network is one of the worlds leading media network, is requesting your cooperation in instructing ISP's within your jurisdiction to clear their DNS cache. Our DNS servers were compromised recently and hackers set a long TTL (Time To Live) timer for our DNS record. Even though we have recovered from the attack, many users within your jurisdiction are unable to reach our services because of the incorrect DNS record for our domain names in the providers network.

 

We are requesting your assistance to reach the providers so that they can clear the caches for the following domains that belongs to AlJazeera Networks.

 

aljazeera.net

aljazeera.com

aljazeerasport.net

aljazeerasport.com

ajsdealers.com

ajtransparency.com

aljazeerait.net

aljazeerakiswahili.com

aljazeerakiswahili.org

aljazeeraportal.net

beinsport.net

beinsport.fr

beinsports.net

beinsports.tv

thepalestinepapers.com

ajnm.me

ajb.me

aje.me

ajtu.me

aljazeera-story.net

aljazeera.co.uk

Aljazeera.com.tr

Aljazeera.com.qa

Maila.aljazeera.net

Mailb.aljazeera.net

 

We kindly request that you instruct the providers within your jurisdiction to take this action immediately.  Please note that this is affecting our brand negatively and our ability to deliver the news. Please kindly act immediately.

 

With Regards

 


Nabil Belkaid
Senior Engineer

Media Networks & Security Section
IT & Digital Media Department
| Technology Division

+974 44897073 | +974 33217191
 belkaidn@aljazeera.net

 www.aljazeera.net

 



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