Ask HN: Why is reaxt.com resolving to github.com? Attempted phishing attempt?

[mistakevin]

Why is https://reaxt.com/ resolving or is a clone of https://github.com? Is it a security concern that it is popping up in the first page of Google results?

[mistakevin]

Here is an example google search where it comes up on the first page of results for me

https://www.google.com/search?q=posthtml+amp

[mistakevin]

Looks like reaxt.com registered in China?

http://whois.domaintools.com/reaxt.com

[mistakevin]

And it doesn't look like it was owned by GitHub based on past snapshots

https://web.archive.org/web/20110202114448/http://reaxt.com/

[mistakevin]

Could this be used to phish usernames and passwords?

[sarcasmatwork]

nslookup reaxt.com resolves to 35.229.249.221 for me.

[mistakevin]

This is probably the closest GitHub server to your location, the site does seem to resolve to the same IP as GitHub for me here.

[mistakevin]

Tokyo, Japan?