Irc-Junkie.org discovered and analyzed a router-based botnet
IRC-Junkie.org is a community-run website providing independent news, articles, and tutorials focused on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) for enthusiastic IRC users. Content covers technical, security, and general IRC topics, and includes an interview series called "Yeager Investigates" exploring IRC culture and operations. The site is based in Deventer, Netherlands, and was originally registered by a user known as Asmo as a personal vHost before growing into a broader IRC resource.
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Authority
—/100
Safety
90/100
Registered
Jan 19, 2025
1 year old · Dynadot Inc
1 of 2 safety checks passed (Sep 9, 2026).
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Current facts
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Domain registered Jan 19, 2025 — 1 year old.
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Registrar today: Dynadot Inc — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 22, 2026).
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
All checked sources came back clean
Site history
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