[eykanal]

I'm mixed on whether this is a good way to handle reporting something like this to the public. On the one hand, they didn't release the guy's name, which is completely and entirely appropriate, and I commend them for doing so. On the other hand, giving so many details—many of which are not relevant to the public, and probably were not intended for the public—gives this PSA somewhat of a "well, screw you too" vibe.

I think a simpler "we've been betrayed by an insider with access to everything, here's how we're fixing it, and yes, we're pursuing legal methods for dealing with this" would have been better. Leave out the gory details about who's hurt and whatnot. This is business. Still, this is better than half of the other "we've been betrayed" posts I've seen.

[pdubs]

Keep in mind CyanogenMod is a community project, not some business or startup. Public and private are a bit more relative under those terms.

[bsenftner]

Tell us the name of this rogue. I don't want to ever do business with the person, but how to know?

[BHSPitMonkey]

Avoid doing side business with anyone claiming to represent Cyanogen, for starters. I'm sure they haven't released his name at the advice of a lawyer (or they just have good legal sense). They shouldn't do anything that would jeopardize their ability to pursue legal action against the hijacker.

[facorreia]

It's public via whois.

[michaelhoffman]

  Registrant:
   MetServe Enterprises Limited
   Kemp House
   City Road
   London, London EC1V 2NX
   GB
  
   Domain name: CYANOGENMOD.COM
  
  
   Administrative Contact:
      Enterprises, MetServe  [e-mail]
      Kemp House
      City Road
      London, London EC1V 2NX
      GB
      +44.2081232629
   Technical Contact:
      Enterprises, MetServe  [e-mail]
      Kemp House
      City Road
      London, London EC1V 2NX
      GB
      +44.2081232629

Doesn't have a person's name though.

[entropy_]

Well, this conversation: https://twitter.com/koush/status/268836995890028544 has a guy called Ahmet Deveci who seems to be going at it with Koush about giving back DNS domains.

His profile on twitter says "Entrepreneur, with a passion for website design, development and all things technology. Director of Metserve Enterprises. London, UK · http://www.mradeveci.com

That seems like the guy.

[skeletonjelly]

Let's try and be certain before we start hurling abuse eh mobs?

[facorreia]

That was available through www.metserve.com but the site is offline now. I assume it's related.

Anyway he is having a conversation with the CM team over Twitter.

[entropy_]

Conversation... More like public poo flinging. I mean seriously? Use email or something, it's really unprofessional to "talk" these things out over twitter

[facorreia]

I think at this point they're just trying to get him to talk anything they can add as evidence on the impending lawsuit about fraud.