______________ which is also termed as DNS spoofing, is a kind of attack which uses DNS based vulnerabilities for diverting the traffic of the internet.

DNS hijacking is a type of cyber attack in which DNS queries are manipulated in order to redirect users to malicious sites. That is why DNS hijacking is also called Domain Theft. The hacker steals domains by either stealing the owner's login credentials or exploiting a vulnerability in the domain registrar's system.