hadef.org

Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
5 findings 1 connections 0 entities

All Connections

1 total

hadef.org was the domain/public face of HADEF's CACFP food site operations. HADEF listed 2722 Park Ave S Minneapolis as its food distribution site under Partners in Nutrition sponsorship (MDE records). The site claimed 1,000 children/day capacity. HADEF received $1,155,035 in CACFP/SFSP payments via Partners in Nutrition in FY2021. 2722 Park Ave was subsequently purchased for $2.8M using FoF fraud proceeds.

All Findings

5 total
digital confirmed 2020-11-01
verified

hadef.org cert gap: site dormant Apr 2018 – Nov 2020 (2.5 years), reactivated exactly as HADEF entered the COVID CACFP fraud ecosystem

hadef.org first cert was issued 2016-12-11 (GoDaddy). After regular renewal through April 2018, no certificate was issued for 2.5 years until November 2020 when Let's Encrypt automation was set up. The site reactivation in Nov 2020 precedes HADEF's FY2021 revenue spike of $1.175M from CACFP food program payments by approximately one month.

digital high 2025-06-01

June 2025: 7 certs issued in single month (vs. ~1/quarter norm) — correlates with HADEF's 2025 dissolution/reinstatement period, suggesting server migration or account restructuring

crt.sh timeline shows 7 Let's Encrypt certificates issued in June 2025 alone, breaking the otherwise steady quarterly rhythm. This spike occurs 5 months after HADEF's January 2025 involuntary dissolution and January 25, 2025 reinstatement. Most likely cause: Hostinger account migration, server reassignment, or cPanel reconfiguration that triggered mass cert reissuance for all hosted domains.

digital confirmed 2026-03-21
verified

9 hadef.org subdomains in CT logs including cpanel, webmail, webdisk — confirms budget shared cPanel hosting on Hostinger

crt.sh subdomains query returned: cpanel.hadef.org, cpcalendars.hadef.org, cpcontacts.hadef.org, m.hadef.org, mail.hadef.org, webdisk.hadef.org, webmail.hadef.org, www.hadef.org. These subdomains were TLS-certified under Let's Encrypt cPanel auto-TLS — standard cPanel hosting behavior. 76 total cert records, 43 unique certs since 2016-12-11.

digital confirmed 2026-03-25
verified

hadef.org hosted on Hostinger shared cPanel (AS47583); all email, DNS, and web infrastructure is Hostinger-managed; no independent infrastructure

hadef.org resolves via www CNAME to www.hadef.org.cdn.hstgr.net (Hostinger CDN). All A and AAAA records are in Hostinger AS47583 address space. MX records point to mx1/mx2.hostinger.com. Nameservers are ns1/ns2.dns-parking.com (Hostinger DNS). SPF allows only Hostinger SMTP. The site uses standard shared cPanel hosting on Hostinger — a budget hosting provider.

digital confirmed 2026-03-25
verified

hadef.org DMARC policy is p=none (no enforcement) — domain vulnerable to spoofing; anyone can send @hadef.org email with no automatic consequence

DMARC record: v=DMARC1; p=none. Policy of 'none' means no action is taken on authentication failures — emails failing SPF/DKIM are delivered normally. Combined with Hostinger-only SPF (~all softfail), the domain has minimal email authentication enforcement.

Full Timeline

5 events
hadef.org cert gap: site dormant Apr 2018 – Nov 2020 (2.5 years), reactivated exactly as HADEF entered the COVID CACFP fraud ecosystem
2020-11-01
June 2025: 7 certs issued in single month (vs. ~1/quarter norm) — correlates with HADEF's 2025 dissolution/reinstatement period, suggesting server migration or account restructuring
2025-06-01
9 hadef.org subdomains in CT logs including cpanel, webmail, webdisk — confirms budget shared cPanel hosting on Hostinger
2026-03-21
hadef.org hosted on Hostinger shared cPanel (AS47583); all email, DNS, and web infrastructure is Hostinger-managed; no independent infrastructure
2026-03-25
hadef.org DMARC policy is p=none (no enforcement) — domain vulnerable to spoofing; anyone can send @hadef.org email with no automatic consequence
2026-03-25