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.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for the explanation!
That's a shame. Now I can't do anything at ZomboCom.
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/
It will never, ever, get old.
I knew anything was possible at ZomboCom, but damn. I never expected this. Guess that's ZomboCom for ya.
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.
I never imagined this happening. I guess the limitation really was my mind.
How does a hacker steal a website? So many questions.
You steal the domain name, not the website so to speak. Which would mean someone got their registrar credentials most likely.
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.
Yeah that’s because it’s not what happened. It’s a common expiration snipe.
That's neither hacking nor stealing
Except the domain did not expire, if you check WHOIS.
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.
if there is any consolation, this is still up
https://github.com/Jonty/zombocom/
https://welcometozombo.com
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?
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....
A more direct source for the screenshot: https://old.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/1qz3it...
Another little corner of the internet is gone.
Had to check... but this is still here https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html
shoot i show that to people every once in a while
This is a real shame and I hope the original owners get it back... but that ai slop song is actually a banger