# PhishDestroy threat dossier — metachrome.io
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 12:41:08 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/metachrome.io/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 92/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Exchange
Targeted brand: chainlink (and: ethereum, solana, sui, tron)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, SOCRadar
URLQuery:        -1 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      66.33.22.131 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS400940 RAILWAY, US
Hosting org:     AS400940 Railway
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      METACHROME - Advanced Crypto Trading Platform

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R12
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 23:22:17 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:22:17 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 12:21:25 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-06 02:37:56 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/019bb294-f197-716a-a489-059f8b008dd6/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/metachrome.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.metachrome.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=metachrome.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/metachrome.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/metachrome.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 17:28:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

metachrome.io Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain metachrome.io, impersonating the Chainlink brand, has a high threat score of 75/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 4 out of 95 security vendors, including recognizable names like alphaMountain.ai and SOCRadar, and is listed on one public blocklist, although it is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing. 

Registered on February 21, 2026, and first detected on February 26, 2026, the domain's registrar is not identified, which may indicate the use of privacy protection. The hosting IP is 66.33.22.131. 

Given the confirmed phishing nature of this domain, it is imperative to block it at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar abuse desk.

## 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/metachrome.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=metachrome.io
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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