# PhishDestroy threat dossier — thegederalist.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 23:56:43 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/thegederalist.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam Targeted brand: Ledger (and: openai) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 20/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, AILabs (MONITORAPP), alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, Cluster25, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 100 detections AlienVault OTX: 15 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 154.86.194.7 (HK, Tung Chung) ASN: ASAS134175 SH2206-AP UNIT A17,9F SILVERCORP INTL TOWER 707-713 NATHAN RD, HK Hosting org: AS134175 SH2206-AP Registrar: Gname.com Pte. Ltd. Nameservers: a.share-dns.com, a11.share-dns.com, b.share-dns.net, b11.share-dns.net Registered: 2022-02-12 Page title: im钱包_imtoken钱包地址官网下载 HTTP response: 301 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-05-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 97d1e5c311d2b9a8a30fd50b214c3b83365cc3d47a4d0bba581acb4053f3d504 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.thegederalist.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2022-02-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2025-12-01 12:20:58 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-28 00:41:14 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-06 15:26:27 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ad9db-8d10-743f-a587-a768f679abbb/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/thegederalist.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.thegederalist.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=thegederalist.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/thegederalist.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/thegederalist.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:51:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] thegederalist.com Fake Ledger Alert This domain, thegederalist.com, is an active phishing site impersonating the Ledger cryptocurrency hardware wallet brand. Registered on February 12, 2022, through Gname.com Pte. Ltd., it uses nameservers a.share-dns.com, a11.share-dns.com, b.share-dns.net, and b11.share-dns.net. The domain resolves to IP 154.86.194.7, located in Hong Kong (AS134175 SH2206-AP), and is served via Nginx with HSTS and HTTP/3 support. An SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt (R13) is present. The page title is 'im钱包_imtoken钱包地址官网下载', which suggests a crypto wallet-related lure, though the intended brand target is Ledger. The site returns an HTTP status 520, indicating a server-side error or active mitigation by upstream systems. Threat intelligence sources show broad recognition: VirusTotal reports 18 of 95 security vendors flagging the domain, and AlienVault OTX lists it in 15 threat intelligence pulses. It is blocked by PhishDestroy and PhishingDB, and appears on 2 additional security blocklists. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, classifying the scam type as a Crypto Scam. The site remains operational as of this report. Defenders should block the domain at the DNS and web gateway levels, monitor for similar domain registrations under thegederalist pattern, and educate users about phishing pages that mimic Ledger support or wallet download portals. The naming scheme and hosting in Hong Kong align with typical cryptocurrency phishing infrastructure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b1b891d2f48e8efb4dc81e7838f2c552 TLS cert SHA-256: 97d1e5c311d2b9a8a30fd50b214c3b83365cc3d47a4d0bba581acb4053f3d504 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/thegederalist.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=thegederalist.com Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 207,892 domains (94,987 alive under monitoring, 111,874 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io