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Bank of America defensively buys critical domain names

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Talk about keeping your enemies closer. In a preemptive move against a potential Wikileaks attack, Bank of America has gone on a shopping spree, registering domain names of sites that insult their top executives.

Domain Name Wire reported on Monday that the bank has bought “hundreds of domain name registrations,” with names such BrianMoynihanBlows.com and BrianMoynihanSucks.com, in reference to Bank of America’s chief executive. The bank also purchased .net and .org versions of the sites, plus some that take aim at chief financial officer Charles Noski, Chairman of the Board Charles Holliday and board member Charles Rossotti.

Full story: Bank of America buys up anti-BoA domain names