Someone is mirroring our entire website

Website, Application, Performance Security
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I just found the oddest thing: the domain http://southernlivinga.com appears to be a complete mirror/proxy of our website (https://styleblueprint.com).

The domain was registered via Namecheap and has full privacy lock on it - can’t seem to find anything about the owner.

Did a reverse lookup and the A record appears to be pointed at a host called Choopa, LLC.

So, two questions:

  1. Why would anyone do this? (going with “it can’t be for a good reason”)
  2. How can I block them (and others) from doing the same?

Thanks in advance, Jay

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You wouldn’t happen to be hosted at Vultr, would you?

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No, we use WPEngine for hosting.

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That other site isn’t using Cloudflare, and I don’t see a connection between WPEngine and Vultr. But I suggest two approaches:

  1. Contact WPEngine and see if they can figure out how that site is getting your content.
  2. Contact Vultr’s abuse department: Use Policy - Vultr.com
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