destroying a live parking phishing campaign
a fake parking-payment site was impersonating a real brand and collecting card data. i mapped the infrastructure, captured evidence, found the live exfiltration path, coordinated abuse reports, and kept pressure on the operation until it went dark.
the useful lesson: takedowns work best when evidence is complete and boring. landing page, headers, scripts, hashes, hosting, dns, registrar, abuse contacts, and screenshots. no drama. just enough proof that every responsible party can act without asking for another round trip.
- identified hosting, registrar, nameserver pattern, and live collection endpoint
- submitted reports to infrastructure providers, browser blocklists, and the impersonated brand
- monitored status until the campaign stayed down
- retired the monitors after confirming the operation was finished