The High Road, one of the largest pro-gun websites has been hijacked by its hosting provider. The hosting provider, Derek Zeanah owner of WellBuiltNetworks.com, was asked to change the domain registration from its original owner, Rich Lucibella, to the forum’s actual owner and moderator Oleg Volk. He instead changed the ownership to himself and locked out many of the admins who disagreed with him.

Background by an original moderator

Mr. Lucibella says:

At no time was I aware that Derek was acting as anything but Oleg’s personal agent. Had I been aware that Derek was acting for his own benefit I would never have transferred the domain name to him. It is my position that Mr. Zeanah had fraudulently misrepresented himself to me. If he persists in publicly hiding behind my statements, taken out of context, I will have little choice but to join this legal fray, recover the domain name thru the courts and pursue Mr. Zeanah for my legal fees.

Here is Oleg’s request for support and an Update from Oleg where it appears that Derek Zeanah has also hijacked Oleg’s Armed Polite Society forum as well. At this time it is in maintenance mode and still pointing to the same server that hosts The High Road forum.

This Derek Zeanah guy gives IT people a black eye. His job is to host the site, not try and steal it from its rightful owner. He has a hosting company, wellbuiltnetworks.com, and if you are a customer of his or thinking about becoming a customer I’d look elsewhere. Unethical behavior like this is bound to carry over into the rest of his business dealings.