Hunter Storm with platinum blonde hair, turquoise blue leather jacket, holding a microphone, smiling, and showcasing achievements with the glowing blue Hunter Storm logo. This image embodies the dynamic entertainer and innovation leader.

Our Story — Online Since 1997

A weather company registered this domain in 1997, during the early days of the public web. In 2018 I purchased it and relaunched it as the home for my music and creative work because this domain is my name, Hunter Storm. Under that iteration the site performed exceptionally well — ranking highly, building real audience relationships, and supporting my creative career.

 

A Coordinated Reputation Attack, Digital Repression, and Why This Site Went Dark

In 2022, the site was taken offline after a prolonged sequence of attacks that went far beyond a single hack. My hosting was disabled and I was locked out of my own account by the provider. That led directly to a spam takeover and a cascade of reputational damage: impersonation accounts, demonetization, shadow banning, and a broader suppression and digital repression campaign. This was not a single random intrusion — it was a coordinated reputation attack connected to whistleblower retaliation that impacted multiple areas of my life and career. You can learn more about this in my article, Femme Fatale to Federal Whistleblower.

At the time I simply didn’t have the bandwidth to fully rebuild. I was working long hours, handling sensitive work responsibilities, and fighting impersonation and reputation issues off-platform. I spent countless hours on the phone with the registrar and host trying to regain control, but between legal and administrative drag, as well as the emotional and physical toll (I was also on medical leave for my hands and wrists), it took time before I could address everything properly.

 

Rebuilding Piece by Piece

When I finally had the time and tools to tackle the site again — using voice dictation and AI because of my physical limitations — I decided not just to restore the old music site. I rebuilt it better and broader: my music, my full professional history and career highlights, documentation of the attacks, and robust website security and monitoring systems. The relaunch was intentional: to stop the reputation attacks, counter impersonators, and make a permanent, transparent record of what happened and why.

 

Milestones and Timeline

  • 1997 — Domain originally registered by Hunter Storm Weather Services and acquired by Four Seasons Weather Services.
  • 2010 — 2013 — Domain acquired by Japanese pornographic website.
  • 2018 — Acquired by Hunter Storm; relaunch as a music site.
  • 2018–2022 — Strong organic growth; number one search result ranking; engaged audience.
  • 2022 — Hosting lockout, spam takeover, impersonation, and coordinated reputation attacks tied to whistleblower retaliation.
  • 2023–2025 — Full recovery, rebuild, security hardening, and expanded site containing my creative and professional history.

 

What I Did to Secure and Restore This Website

  • Recovered domain & hosting control and removed injected spam content.
  • Hardened security: multi-factor authentication, regular backups, least-privilege access, WAF and malware scans.
  • Restored and documented historical content (Wayback Machine pages, archived press, backlink reports).
  • Initiated backlink cleanup and outreach to restore links lost or damaged during the attack.
  • Built out a public timeline and documentation so visitors and partners can see the facts and context.

 

Why Hunter Storm is Sharing This Story About Her Domain History

I tell this story in the open because transparency matters. The downtime and hijack were not the whole story of this site — they were an interruption in a long track record that began in 1997. I rebuilt this space to be a reliable archive of my work and to protect the integrity of my name and career. If you found content that looks suspicious or an impersonation, please contact me immediately so we can take it down or correct it.

 

Proof and Evidence | Links and Attachments

  • Screenshots from the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) showing the site in the 1990s and 2000s.
  • WHOIS history exports from archival services (DomainTools / WhoisXML).
  • Backlink exports (Ahrefs / Majestic) showing historical links and lost links during 2022.
  • Public timeline of key events (this page + downloadable PDF for journalists).

 

Internet Archive Wayback Machine Hunter Storm Domain

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web, what some refer to as the Internet. It is owned and operated by the Internet Archive. Note: these early snapshots predate my ownership of this domain and do not reflect my current work or brand.

 

Hunter Storm Weather Services and Four Seasons Weather Services

The first Wayback Machine capture of this domain is from November 1999. At that time the site was owned by an entity calling themselves Hunter Storm Weather Services.

This company cropped up sometime after my first radio and magazine appearances. Perhaps they liked my name? Anyway, the site contained early design elements and content unrelated to my current work.

Later, Hunter Storm Weather Services and my name domain was purchased by a company called Four Seasons Weather Services.

 

Japanese Porn Site Reputation Attack

The worst part of the Hunter Storm domain history was when it was acquired by a porn website company.

Now, I knew there had been a global reputation attack in other systems, but I had not checked my domain name in decades. I thought it had been with the weather company the entire time, and that the domain was available because the company was no longer operating. It wasn’t until I did a Wayback Machine check in 2025 that I found this:

 

Now, I knew there had been a global reputation attack in other systems, but I had not checked my domain name in decades. I thought it had been with the weather company the entire time.

 

Hunter Storm Acquires Her Name Domain

The best part of the Hunter Storm domain history was the day I finally got my name domain. It happened in 2018, after several failed attempts. Ended up hiring a reputation management company to help with the cleanup. I also contracted them to make the domain purchase on my behalf.

 

Origin of Hunter Storm Official Site

That brings us to today, where I’ve rebuilt this website. Beginning in October 2023 I began putting this site back together. Learn more about how I rebuilt from the ashes under constraints on these pages:

 

Contact & Press

For media inquiries, evidence requests, or help restoring links: contact press@hunterstorm.com or use the Confidential Contact Form.

 

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