BlackRock, a major investment firm, has taken legal action against the owners of 44 internet domain names that contain keywords such as "Blackrock", "Aladdin", "capital", "crypto" and "investments". The company claims that these domains were registered in bad faith to profit from consumer confusion and divert traffic through tactics such as pay-per-click ads, malware and email phishing attacks.

BlackRock alleges that the entities have violated the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act by registering domains that are confusingly similar to its own and is seeking the transfer of the offending domains to its control, damages and injunctions against further cybersquatting and infringement of its trademarks. Copycat domain names are often used to promote scams or disseminate malware.