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College Presidents Are Easy Targets for Cybersquatting and Hoaxes

By admin | March 4, 2010

College Presidents Are Easy Targets for Cybersquatting and Hoaxes

Message to university presidents: Register your domain name.

Mark G. Yudof, president of the University of California, was forced to let it be known on Tuesday that he was not, in fact, resigning, after a prankster posted a fake resignation letter online. The letter was posted on markyudof.com, a site designed to look like Mr. Yudof’s personal home page. “I hereby resign my tenure as President,” the fake letter reads. It then praises student

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