Itch.io is presently offline due to a ‘trash AI-powered’ phishing report

Indie recreation storefront Itch.io is presently offline due to what it describes as a bogus phishing report. While the sport retailer’s servers are nonetheless on-line, the area for the web site is presently pointing in direction of IP addresses that itch.io doesn’t personal — making it inaccessible for most individuals.

Itch.io blames popular culture collectibles firm Funko for the problems in a submit on X, “as a result of they use some trash ‘AI-powered’ Brand Protection Software referred to as Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report back to our registrar.”

While the disputed web page has been taken down, itch.io’s area registrar, iwantmyname, nonetheless disabled the area doubtless as a result of automated techniques. According to a submit on X, the indie recreation market is now ready on the area registrar to reply and re-enable its area.

If you know the way to tweak your hosts file that maps hostnames to IP addresses then you should utilize the 45.33.107.166 IP handle within the meantime, however you’ll have to take away the entry as soon as the area is restored. Itch.io is hoping the issues can be resolved in a matter of hours so it doesn’t need to deploy a brand new area identify as a substitute.

The area points come simply days after itch.io began permitting its customers to make use of its area identify for Bluesky accounts. If you’ve got spent $10 on the platform then you’ve got the choice to make use of your itch.io profile URL on Bluesky, however the present area points imply anybody who switched to the customized itch.io URLs has an “invalid deal with” error on Bluesky till the principle itch.io area is again on-line.