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To use fraudulent means to assume ownership of a Web site domain name.
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"The latest challenge to that guarantee is 'Webjacking,' the nasty business of hackers hijacking legitimate Web pages and redirecting users to anywhere from pornography sites to sites set up for fraudulent business schemes."
— Ed Scannell, "IT gets tools to thwart Webjackers," InfoWorld, November 1, 1999
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