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Author: cirosantilli

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 http://cqcounter.com has an exceptionally complete database containing:
 * domains
 * IP of the domain in the past e.g. http://cqcounter.com/whois/site/activegaminginfo.com.html which actually contains the IP 66.175.106.148!
@@ -8946,20 +8943,23 @@ Notable reactions to the websites themselves
       {description=He's basically reading the techspot article: https://www.techspot.com/news/108062-cia-used-star-wars-fan-site-secretly-communicate.html[].}
     * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VZsQbSfPeI 600k subs. Video didn't take off however. The channel seems to be semi dead. But it is cool to see an American with YouTube-worth eloquence going over it.
   Other media that picked it up:
-  * https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14752155/CIA-fake-websites-Star-Wars-communicate-spies.html Also announcing that:
-    * https://mastodon.social/@cirosantilli/114580297330915997
-    * https://x.com/cirosantilli/status/1927373757829583344
-    * https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cirosantilli_the-cia-secretly-ran-a-star-wars-fan-site-activity-7333140418504646656-eRzq/
-    * https://www.facebook.com/cirosantilli/posts/pfbid026kssQcXm7TwAHDJ4BQ73RKFCmJRLJsT1dfRpEmZ5GZdmsp8DukaqrbefFuGDqNZvl
-  * https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/cia-uses-star-wars-website-1174874
-  * https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/the-cia-secretly-used-a-star-wars-fan-site-to-talk-to-spies-report-3199318/ and https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1927000891963363406 large-ish publication
-  * https://www.thegamer.com/star-wars-fan-website-cia-usa-government-spies-controlled/
-  * https://www.techspot.com/news/108062-cia-used-star-wars-fan-site-secretly-communicate.html This was one of the biggest hits on <Google Analytics> actually.
-  * https://gigazine.net/news/20250527-starwars-fan-sites-made-by-cia/ Japanese
-  * Wired:
-    * https://es.wired.com/articulos/un-sitio-para-fans-de-star-wars-era-en-realidad-una-plataforma-de-espionaje-de-la-cia Spanish
-    * https://www.wired.it/article/cia-finto-sito-star-wars-spie-estere/ Italian
+  * "mainstream":
+    * https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14752155/CIA-fake-websites-Star-Wars-communicate-spies.html Also announcing that:
+        * https://mastodon.social/@cirosantilli/114580297330915997
+        * https://x.com/cirosantilli/status/1927373757829583344
+        * https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cirosantilli_the-cia-secretly-ran-a-star-wars-fan-site-activity-7333140418504646656-eRzq/
+        * https://www.facebook.com/cirosantilli/posts/pfbid026kssQcXm7TwAHDJ4BQ73RKFCmJRLJsT1dfRpEmZ5GZdmsp8DukaqrbefFuGDqNZvl
+    * https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/cia-uses-star-wars-website-1174874
+    * https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-tech/20250528-star-wars-bourse-ou-football-les-etranges-sites-pour-les-informateurs-de-la-cia (French)
     * https://francais.rt.com/international/121266-espionnage-cia-utilisait-sites-fans-star-wars-pour-communiquer-secretement-avec-ses-agents-etrangers RT in French, God
-  * https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-cia-operated-a-network-of-gaming-sites-and-even-a-star-wars-fanpage-that-were-part-of-one-of-its-worst-ever-intelligence-catastrophes/
-  * https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000271640/die-cia-hat-heimlich-eine-star-wars-fanseite-betrieben Der Standard (Austria)
+    * https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000271640/die-cia-hat-heimlich-eine-star-wars-fanseite-betrieben Der Standard (Austria)
+  * "non-mainstream":
+    * https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/the-cia-secretly-used-a-star-wars-fan-site-to-talk-to-spies-report-3199318/ and https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1927000891963363406 large-ish publication
+    * https://www.thegamer.com/star-wars-fan-website-cia-usa-government-spies-controlled/
+    * https://www.techspot.com/news/108062-cia-used-star-wars-fan-site-secretly-communicate.html This was one of the biggest hits on <Google Analytics> actually.
+    * https://gigazine.net/news/20250527-starwars-fan-sites-made-by-cia/ Japanese
+    * Wired:
+      * https://es.wired.com/articulos/un-sitio-para-fans-de-star-wars-era-en-realidad-una-plataforma-de-espionaje-de-la-cia Spanish
+      * https://www.wired.it/article/cia-finto-sito-star-wars-spie-estere/ Italian
+    * https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-cia-operated-a-network-of-gaming-sites-and-even-a-star-wars-fanpage-that-were-part-of-one-of-its-worst-ever-intelligence-catastrophes/
   Starting on that same day someone made starwarsweb.net redirect to cia.gov at 2025-05-26T13:28:02Z: https://www.whois.com/whois/starwarsweb.net