bluepeakcyber.co.uk

Broadcasting a system migration status memo via global DNS

$ dig TXT bluepeakcyber.co.uk

;; QUESTION SECTION:

;bluepeakcyber.co.uk. IN TXT

;; ANSWER SECTION:

bluepeakcyber.co.uk. 3600 IN TXT "Legacy systems have been left running while the new infrastructure is under maintenance. To contact the infrastructure team get in contact with [email protected]"

What Happened

Instead of putting up a maintenance page on their website, or sending an internal Slack message, the infrastructure team at bluepeakcyber.co.uk decided to broadcast their system migration status to the entire internet via a DNS TXT record: "Legacy systems have been left running while the new infrastructure is under maintenance. To contact the infrastructure team get in contact with [email protected]". A cybersecurity company.

Full TXT Record Value

Legacy systems have been left running while the new infrastructure is under maintenance. To contact the infrastructure team get in contact with [email protected]