gro39k-cointelegraph[.]com

On July 24 2026 analysts reviewed gro39k-cointelegraph.com following its removal from the Internet. The domain was registered on 21 February 2026 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and resolves to IP 159.100.6.19, which belongs to AS214036 (Ultahost, Inc.) located in Germany. DNS is served by Cloudflare name servers shaz.ns.cloudflare.com and tadeo.ns.cloudflare.com, and the site presented a valid Let’s Encrypt certificate (R13). The web server identified LiteSpeed with HTTP/3 support, but an HTTP 500 response was recorded before the host went offline, preventing retrieval of the page body. The page title that was captured reads “Elon Musk Officially Launches GRO39K Presale”, matching a known “Token Presale” phishing kit that typically exploits interest in cryptocurrency offerings.

Threat intelligence indicates the domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy. Gridinsoft assigned a trust score of 0 / 100, and six of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners reported malicious activity, reinforcing the suspicion of phishing. No additional public sightings or reputation data are available, and the offline status limits further content analysis. Infrastructure analysis shows the use of Cloudflare for DNS and CDN, a common tactic to obscure the true origin of malicious campaigns. The German‑based IP address is consistent with other recent token‑presale phishing operations that lease short‑lived hosting.

The combination of a brand‑leveraging page title, a token‑presale kit, low trust scores, and multiple vendor detections suggests the site was deliberately crafted to lure victims into believing an affiliation with Elon Musk and the Cointelegraph brand. Defenders should continue to block the domain at network perimeters, update URL filtering lists, and monitor for any re‑registration attempts that reuse the same registrar or hosting provider.