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Spanish government's domain names held to ransom over water

Source : Telegraph.co.uk / More : Domain Market - (29 April 2008 09:01)

Spanish government's domain names held to ransom over water By Fiona Govan in Madrid Last Updated: 2:12am BST 28/04/2008 A cybersquatter is holding the Spanish government to ransom by refusing to give up the domain names of several government ministries unless they agree to transfer water to all of Spain’s drought stricken regions.

Following his re-election last month, the Socialist prime minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero announced the creation of four new ministries but authorities failed to register their internet addresses and they have been bought by someone else.

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