# PhishDestroy threat dossier — meetup.bittensor-ai.us
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 06:07:27 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/meetup.bittensor-ai.us/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Crypto Scam
Targeted brand: metamask (and: tensor)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
URLQuery:        -1 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 5 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.150.16.1 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Bittensor & Friends. Live Meet Up 2025

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R13
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: CLOSED — no report required.
This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either
the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the
operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file
for audit but no formal notice was sent.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:23:11 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:23:11 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:21:00 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-01 12:17:49 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01997e3e-a392-70bc-b784-cb313dfa3e7d/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/meetup.bittensor-ai.us
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.meetup.bittensor-ai.us
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=meetup.bittensor-ai.us
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/meetup.bittensor-ai.us
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/meetup.bittensor-ai.us/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-08 15:53:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

meetup.bittensor-ai.us Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain meetup.bittensor-ai.us is a cryptocurrency scam site impersonating the Metamask brand. The page title "Bittensor & Friends. Live Meet Up 2025" indicates it fraudulently claims to promote a legitimate cryptocurrency meetup event. The threat is that visitors may be tricked into providing wallet credentials or sending cryptocurrency to attackers under the guise of event participation.

Technical analysis shows the site was flagged by 9 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors. It is blocked on 5 blocklists and flagged by ADMINUSLabs, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, and Lionic. The domain was created on 2026-02-21, hosted at IP address 216.150.16.1 in the United States, on AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. The SSL certificate issuer is R13.

The site is currently DOWN or OFFLINE. The DOM risk score is 70, indicating a high threat level. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain.

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/meetup.bittensor-ai.us/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=meetup.bittensor-ai.us
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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