Suspicious Website
Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights no established public user-review history.
How we scored sludge.ghost.io
Tech signals:
Fathom Analytics, Alpine.js Framework
Negative signals:
deployment on a free hosting platform
a redirect to another domain (readsludge.com)
unclear social-profile authenticity
limited independent reputation data
Positive signals:
a long-term domain history (3.1 years)
an active SSL certificate (3 months)
Final destination:
https[:]//readsludge.com/
Last checked November 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM by
Gridinsoft Trust Model v2.5.9
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What is Sludge.ghost?
According to its current page title, sludge.ghost.io presents itself as “Sludge”. The sections below evaluate the site-specific reputation and technical findings.
Use caution with sludge.ghost.io. Its current Gridinsoft trust score is 7/100; review the site-specific findings below before use.
Why is sludge.ghost.io marked "Suspicious Website"?
Gridinsoft's current assessment of sludge.ghost.io is based on unverified social-link signals, external redirect behavior, and free-hosting platform usage. Context considered alongside those findings includes limited public traffic history. None of the 25 publicly displayed security sources report a warning.
Sludge.ghost Digital Footprints
A structured view of the site's detected themes, page signals, and related online footprint elements.
Registration Form
Automated page analysis detected form or data-entry functionality on sludge.ghost.io. Forms can involve user-submitted information, so verify ownership and privacy terms before entering data.
Google Tag Manager
This website uses Google Tag Manager to add and update tracking tags on its website.
Fathom Analytics
Alpine.js Framework
Redirects to Another Domain
sludge.ghost.io redirects visitors to a different domain. This can be legitimate in some migrations or forwarding setups, but it reduces transparency for users evaluating the original address.
Fake Social Media Links - Risk
This site: Automated analysis found social media icons or links that did not lead to recognizable public profiles. This can result from outdated, incomplete, or template-based content. Check the links directly before relying on them to confirm the site's public presence.
Free Hosting Platform
This website operates on free hosting infrastructure using shared resources and subdomain structures. While free hosting is common for personal projects and development purposes, it may also be utilized for temporary or suspicious activities due to minimal barriers to entry.
Domain Information
CreatedOctober 16, 2023 at 4:54 AMUpdated: August 12, 2026 at 5:44 AM · Expires: October 1, 2028 at 11:06 PM
Domain Age3.1 years
RegistrantPersonal information withheldProtected by Gridinsoft
Domain StatusClient Transfer ProhibitedDNSSEC: UNSIGNED
Top Level Domain.ioGeneric TLD
Subdomainsludge
Technical Details
HTTP status302
IP Address151.101.35.7
Hosting ProviderAS54113 Fastly, Inc.US
NetworkAS54113 - Fastly, Inc.
SSL CertificateWE1TLSv1.3 · Valid for: 3 months · from September 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM · to December 14, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Name Serverswoz.ns.cloudflare.com sara.ns.cloudflare.com
Content from the analyzed website
Quoted for security analysis. These statements belong to the source website and are not endorsed by Gridinsoft.
Original page titleSludge
Original descriptionInvestigative journalism on money in politics
Primary Language
Mentioned hosts (19)
readsludge.comx.comghost.orgwww.facebook.comwww.google-analytics.comwww.googletagmanager.comcta.outpost.pubjs.stripe.comdev.visualwebsiteoptimizer.comcdn.usefathom.comassets.outpostpublishingcoop.comfonts.gstatic.comstorage.ghost.iofonts.googleapis.comsludge.ghost.io
and 4 more
Security Analysis
Platform / service
Hosted site / tenant
Detection Signatures
Registration FormAlpine.js FrameworkFake Social Media Links - Risk
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