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"Bogus phishing report" from Funko takes indie game platform itch.io offline


Indie game platform itch.io has been taken offline after Funko allegedly logged a "bogus phishing report" to the websit…

Indie game platform itch.io has been taken offline after Funko allegedly logged a "bogus phishing report" to the website's registrar. Watch on YouTube"I kid you not, itch.io has been taken down by Funko of 'Funko Pop' because they use some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain," the message said. I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

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