454 website hiccup?

[rglover]

The 454 website (including my454) seems to be down and ads are up in its place. http://www.454.com/my454/index.asp

It looks suspiciously like Roche have forgotten to renew the domain registration...?!

Joking aside though, I hope it's just a temporary glitch as I could do with downloading the latest set of manuals...does anyone know if the website has been down for a while?

[nickloman]

It does look like it's been taken over by a third-party yesterday according to

http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=454.com&prog_id=GoDaddy

DOH!!!

Domain name: 454.com

Registrant Contact:
TedKosher
Ted Kosher ()

Fax:
Adligenswilerstrasse 22
Luzern, LU 6006
CH

Administrative Contact:
TedKosher
Ted Kosher ([email protected])
+41.792345678
Fax:
Adligenswilerstrasse 22
Luzern, LU 6006
CH

Technical Contact:
TedKosher
Ted Kosher ([email protected])
+41.792345678
Fax:
Adligenswilerstrasse 22
Luzern, LU 6006
CH

Status: Active

Name Servers:
NS1.SEDOPARKING.COM
NS2.SEDOPARKING.COM

Creation date: 17 Jul 1997 04:00:00
Expiration date: 16 Jul 2012 04:00:00


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Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Creation Date: 17-JUL-1997
Updated Date: 04-SEP-2011
Expiration Date: 16-JUL-2012

Nameserver: NS1.SEDOPARKING.COM
Nameserver: NS2.SEDOPARKING.COM

Registry Status: ok

[nickloman]

Rachel, I can send you the latest manuals if you are desperate.

[ECO]

Wow that's terrible.

I'm happy to host any documents here in the interim.

[nickloman]

I have heard from a contact at Roche that they are on the case. Not sure ETA for getting the site back.

[nickloman]

I've heard that Roche believe it was a domain hacking rather than a failure to renew. A bit less embarrassing given The Register etc. were hit recently (but those showed a hacking takeover rather than a search link spam page).

[nickloman]

The 454 resources are now available via http://my454.com whilst 454.com is being sorted out.