1058fm.co.uk

Personal phone number published to global DNS

$ dig TXT 1058fm.co.uk

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;1058fm.co.uk. IN TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:

1058fm.co.uk. 3600 IN TXT "Ben Matthew +44 (0)207 432 3457"

What Happened

The TXT records for 1058fm.co.uk and 1215am.co.uk both contain: "Ben Matthew +44 (0)207 432 3457". Someone used the DNS TXT record as a makeshift WHOIS contact note or business card. This phone number is now trivially discoverable by any bot scanning the .co.uk zone file for PII — which many do.

Full TXT Record Value

Ben Matthew +44 (0)207 432 3457