BlackRock seeks court crackdown on 44 copycat sites, some crypto adjacent

Financial investment giant BlackRock has called for a crackdown on a range of potentially scammy domains and “typosquatting” sites it declares are taking benefit of its name.On Oct. 10, BlackRock filed a legal complaint in the United States District Court for the Easter District of Virginia against the owners of 44 internet domain names consisting of keywords such as Blackrock, Aladdin, capital, crypto, and financial investments. Most of the ones Cointelegraph tested did not open or were typical cybersquatting on the domain name.BlackRock looked up openly offered domain registration data from the Whois database in an effort to recognize the owners. It is seeking the transfer of the angering domains to its control, damages, and injunctions against further cybersquatting and violation of its trademarks BLACKROCK, ALADDIN, and BLK by defendants.Related: California regulator warns of 17 crypto websites presumed of fraudCopycat domain names are frequently utilized in combination with marketing suppliers such as Google and Facebook to promote frauds or share malware.