Security News > 2020 > April > "Reopen" domain name owners include a gun activist, a Good Samaritan, and potential spammers
A security researcher looked into the buyers behind more than 130 "Reopen America" domain names and found a gun rights activist, a Florida businessman, and anonymous buyers in Asia.
The April 8 group looks to be linked to a gun rights activist Aaron Dorr who runs the American Firearms Coalition.
Reopen State Names on GoDaddy Group, registered using the Domains by Proxy service.
The domain names in the Hong Kong group point to Bodis, an advertising services company that monetizes domains and has been linked with malware.
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