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ZomboCom stolen by a hacker, sold, now replaced with AI-generated makeover

https://old.reddit.com/r/oldinternet/comments/1raiz8v/zombocom_was_stolen_by_hacker_put_up_for_sale_and/
40•bananaboy•2h ago

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tengbretson•1h ago
I knew anything was possible at ZomboCom, but damn. I never expected this. Guess that's ZomboCom for ya.
samplatt•49m ago
I didn't think I'd be the first person in this (or the reddit) thread to call this new site ZombieCom, but not gonna lie I'm pretty happy about it.
fred_is_fred•1h ago
The thread is lacking any detail on how the site was stolen and sold. Perhaps the "OG owner" as the poster calls it sold it for money?
bananaboy•1h ago
Yeah I'm not sure. I haven't found anything else yet about this. The reddit poster posted this screenshot of an email with the (apparently) original owner https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
Retr0id•6m ago
A more direct source for the screenshot: https://old.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/1qz3it...
TurdF3rguson•1h ago
How does a hacker steal a website? So many questions.
silisili•1h ago
You steal the domain name, not the website so to speak. Which would mean someone got their registrar credentials most likely.
TurdF3rguson•59m ago
And transferred it away? Registrars make it really hard to do that if you're not the actual person. I'm finding it hard to believe someone can do this anonymously.
iwontberude•31m ago
Yeah that’s because it’s not what happened. It’s a common expiration snipe.
RevEng•3m ago
Registration expires, someone snaps it up immediately. It happened to a customer of mine with a domain that was their name. It pointed at a page saying it was available for sale for $4000.
spullara•1h ago
shoot i show that to people every once in a while
paularmstrong•1h ago
html5 zombocom still exists, for your viewing pleasure. you can do anything at zombocom. anything at all. the only limit is yourself.

[1]: https://html5zombo.com/

iugtmkbdfil834•1h ago
It will never, ever, get old.
shagie•52m ago
The last week of January, the site was intermittently serving back a 429 response (too many requests) as recorded by the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/Zombo.com

In the first week of February, the site was down.

On the 8th, it was serving an error page from centos.

On the 9th, it was serving the new content. https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup for zombo.com shows that it was updated on 2026-02-09 20:34:17 UTC

I believe that a more reasonable explanation would be that the domain name expired, someone saw that being the case, bought the domain name and hosted their own version of it.

I'm not sure that "stolen" is the proper verb to use, or that "hacker" is the appropriate attribution.

bananaboy•46m ago
Thank you for the explanation!
callbacked•45m ago
if there is any consolation, this is still up

https://github.com/Jonty/zombocom/

https://welcometozombo.com

ParadisoShlee•28m ago
This is a real shame and I hope the original owners get it back... but that ai slop song is actually a banger
mattoxic•25m ago
Another little corner of the internet is gone.

Had to check... but this is still here https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html

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