#websitecloning

https://bit.ly/46ijC7J - 🕵️‍♂️ Swedish digital rights organization Qurium has discovered approximately 250 cloned websites, suggesting their purpose is to drive traffic to China-linked gambling sites. These sites, including clones of media outlets, universities, and libraries, were laden with gambling ads, particularly for the company '188bet'. #Cybersecurity #WebsiteCloning #DigitalRights 🌐 The cloned sites, created around September 2021, advertise for 188bet, leading to https://bit.ly/46fCyUx, which Qurium links to a physical address in the Isle of Man. This location is known for hosting several gambling companies. The investigation points to links between the advertised gambling sites and entities operating outside China, due to gambling being banned in the country. #GamblingAds #IsleOfMan #OnlineGambling 🔍 Kaiyun, a UK business license holder operated by Gibraltar-based TGP Europe Limited, is implicated in the report. TGP, a provider of white label gaming services, has been previously cited by the UK Gambling Commission for failing anti-money laundering requirements. These services are used to create branded gambling platforms without the operational complexities. #TGP #UKGamblingCommission #AMLCompliance 🌎 The domain names for most cloned sites were registered by https://bit.ly/47iopHv Pte. Ltd., an organization previously called out for registering domains resembling other brands for gambling sites. This tactic is used to circumvent ad network restrictions, as cloned sites likely have fewer reservations about the third-party ads they host. #DomainCloning #IntellectualProperty #AdNetworks 📊 The intent behind these cloned sites is unclear, whether targeting individuals in the People's Republic of China, where gambling is illegal, or the extensive Chinese diaspora. Regardless, these sites cause issues for search engines and the original sites they mimic, posing a significant nuisance online.