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Epik

Epik is an American domain registrar and web hosting company based in Sheridan, Wyoming. Founded by Rob Monster in 2009, Epik branded itself as the "Swiss bank of domains" and became known as one of the few US-based registrars that routinely ignored reports of illegal activity. The company has provided services to alt-tech platforms hosting far-right…

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Founded
2009; 17 years ago (2009)
Industry
Web services
Headquarters
Sheridan, Wyoming, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Founder
Rob Monster
Key people
Brian Royce (CEO, 2022–2023) · Robert Monster (CEO, 2009–2022)

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Epik

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples201
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
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Epik

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related to Leadership changes and new ownership · 21
Epik → According, After, Brian Royce, CEO, Christopher Ambler, Dan Keen, Domain Incite, Epik LLC, GoDaddy, ICANN, In September, January, June, Monster, RAI, Registered, Registered Agents Inc, Representatives, Royce, TechRadar
related to Notable clients · 21
Epik → AR15, BitChute, February, Fortune, Gab, In, InfoWars, Internet, It, Kiwi Farms, Neo-Nazi, NPR, Oath Keepers, One America News Network, Parler, Patriots, Proud Boys, The Daily Stormer, The Daily Telegraph, The Seattle Times
related to 8chan · 20
Epik → Ars Technica, At, August, BitMitigate, Cloudflare, DNS, El Paso, Epik's, In November, Later, Monster, October, On August, The, The Daily Stormer, The Voxility, Tucows, Voxility, Voxility's, We
related to Acquisitions · 18
Epik → American, BitMitigate, BitMitigate's, DDoS, England, Epik's, Gab, In February, Nicholas Lim, Norway, Pittsburgh, Sibyl, Sibyl Systems Ltd, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC, The, Vancouver, Washington
related to Gab · 17
Epik → American, Ars Technica, December, Epik's, Gab, GoDaddy, In, Monster, November, On November, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh, Pittsburgh, Registered Agents Inc, Shapiro, Tal Moore, The, This
related to Patriots.win · 15
Epik → According, FBI, Financial Times, January, Jody Williams, June, On January, Patriots, Reddit, The, The Journal, TheDonald, Wall Street Journal, Williams, Williams's
related to The Daily Stormer · 14
Epik → American, BitMitigate, Charlottesville, Cloudflare, Epik's, GoDaddy, Heather Heyer, In, In August, Monster, Nazi, NPR, The, The Daily Stormer
related to Data breach · 12
Epik → Anonymous, Distributed Denial, Epik's, I've, Journalists, Le Monde, On September, Rob Monster, Secrets, The, The Daily Dot, WHOIS
related to Termination of services · 11
Epik → Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Amazon's Acceptable Use Policy, August, El Paso, In August, Linode, On August, That, Voxility, When Epik
related to Governance · 10
Epik → Braden Pollock, Christchurch, December, Gab, Monster, Moore, Peterson, Pollock, Rob Davis, Tal Moore

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services hosting company monster domain 8chan gab registered content 2021 epik's service registrar website due web 2019 including far-right also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EpikArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
EpikFounded2009; 17 years ago (2009)1.00infobox
EpikFounderRob Monster1.00infobox
EpikHeadquartersSheridan, Wyoming, U.S.1.00infobox
EpikIndustryWeb services1.00infobox
EpikKey peopleBrian Royce (CEO, 2022–2023)1.00infobox
EpikKey peopleRobert Monster (CEO, 2009–2022)1.00infobox
EpikParentRegistered Agents Inc.1.00infobox
EpikServicesDomain name registration, web hosting1.00infobox
EpikSubsidiariesEpik Holdings, Inc.1.00infobox
EpikTypePrivate1.00infobox
EpikWebsitewww.epik.com1.00infobox
Epikis aAmerican domain registrar and web hosting company based in Sheridan0.90text

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