{"id":70005,"date":"2024-12-09T12:24:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/itch-io-site-domain-offline-funko-phishing-report"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:01:17","slug":"itch-io-site-domain-offline-funko-phishing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/itch-io-site-domain-offline-funko-phishing-report","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: The itch.io Site Domain Has Been Restored After Been Taken Offline By An Alleged Funko &#8220;Bogus Phishing Report&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"input-sentence~0\">Prominent gaming marketplace itch.io, which has been a great proponent for independent game developers, creators, and studios globally, has unexpectedly been taken offline. The news has sent shockwaves across the gaming industry as this platform provides developers, creators, and studios the tools needed to promote, distribute, and sell their content and gain information on &#8220;how people discover, download, or play what they&#8217;ve created.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~1\">The official itch.io social media channels have posted a statement regarding the site takedown, in which they&#8217;ve made damning allegations that a &#8220;bogus phishing report&#8221; was responsible for the platform&#8217;s takedown. More specifically, they have named popular toy manufacturer and brand Funko as the sole culprit for this phishing report behind the site&#8217;s takedown.<\/span><span id=\"input-sentence~2\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><pre><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>10th December 2024 Update:<\/strong><\/span> The official <span id=\"input-sentence~2\">itch.io social media account updated that their domain has been restored with the site fully functional following the recent takedown notice. The original reporting continues below.<br><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"rsp-embed-container\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1866209409246110126&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fadmin.www.ginx.tv%2Fen%2Fadmin%2Fpost%2Fedit%2F40083&amp;sessionId=f5270cc0cfed0eaaa5931224a3285c7da867c189&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en_US\" data-twitter-extracted-i1733848822040831586=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On This Day, We Rise Above Funko Pop<\/p>\n<p>The site is back up if you haven&#8217;t noticed<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; itch.io (@itchio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itchio\/status\/1866209409246110126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"input-sentence~2\">It&#8217;s being reported that the platform&#8217;s store services are online; however, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/12\/9\/24316882\/itch-io-offline-domain-registration-funko-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report from The Verge&#8217;s Tom Warren<\/a>, the site&#8217;s domain remains inaccessible as it&#8217;s &#8220;currently pointing towards IP addresses that itch.io doesn&rsquo;t own.&#8221; Posting across its Twitter and Bluesky accounts, itch.io vehemently blames Funko, citing that they&#8217;re using &#8220;some trash AI-Powered Brand Protection Software called BrandShield,&#8221; which generated this &#8220;bogus phishing report&#8221; that was forwarded to their registrar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the platform&#8217;s registrar has been ignoring their responses, which led to the platform having their domain &#8220;disabled.&#8221; 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Brand Protection Software called <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandShieldltd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrandShieldltd<\/a> that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iwantmyname?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iwantmyname<\/a>, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; itch.io (@itchio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itchio\/status\/1866017758040993829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, they cannot provide an estimated timeline of when the domain will be restored as itch.io responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/imtellinggod\/status\/1866019059114156277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">one Twitter user&#8217;s question<\/a>, which stated that they&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itchio\/status\/1866020181035851803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">awaiting a response from the registrar<\/a>. 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