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Do a whois on cnn.com

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From the terminal, whois cnn.com and I get:

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information.

CNN.COM.UNIMUNDI.COM CNN.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM CNN.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM CNN.COM

what gives? Navigating to cnn.com in the browser still redirects to the correct site, but it seems their whois info is all funky. Can someone explain??

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Formatting it:

    Whois Server Version 2.0

    Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
    with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
    for detailed information.

    CNN.COM.UNIMUNDI.COM
    CNN.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM
    CNN.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM
    CNN.COM

    To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the
    of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
    with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.

Since no one explained it, it is whois spam. You can find more info through searching, they are not hacked they are just popular sites so they attract the spam.

And if you don't want to google people just register name servers with xxx.com.xxxx.tld and their name server will show up when someone searches for xxx.com

Does this have any relevance other than someone claiming they "hacked" a certain domain? I don't imagine it has relevance on SEO or anything else, right?

There's nothing wrong. Skip below to see information domain CNN.COM. Compare with whois microsoft.com, for example.

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