MasterCard Fixes Five-Year-Old DNS Typo Misconfiguration (Incident)
ID: f7c68461-f50a-50ea-bdce-776281718643
STIX ID: report--f7c68461-f50a-50ea-bdce-776281718643
Feed Name: Wiz Cloud Threat Landscape
Date Published: 2025-01-22
Date Updated: 2026-05-01
Author: [email protected] (Wiz Threat Research)
MasterCard fixed a nearly five-year DNS misconfiguration caused by a typo in a DNS hostname ('akam.ne' vs 'akam.net'). A security researcher purchased the mistyped domain for $300, configured a DNS server, and observed hundreds of thousands of misrouted DNS requests per day, demonstrating the risk of traffic interception or diversion and highlighting the importance of accurate DNS configurations and timely remediation.
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