Ask HN: MarkMonitor whois server hacked?

Running whois from a console for domains managed by MarkMonitor is showing a lot of spam entries. Checking whois though www.markmonitor.com website itself seems to be fine. Here is what I am getting:<p>&#62;whois apple.com Server Name: APPLE.COM.ZON.COM IP Address: 17.172.224.47 Registrar: DOMAINREGISTRY.COM, INC. Whois Server: nswhois.domainregistry.com Referral URL: http://www.domainregistry.com<p><pre><code> Server Name: APPLE.COM.WWW.ZON.COM IP Address: 17.172.224.47 Registrar: DOMAINREGISTRY.COM, INC. Whois Server: nswhois.domainregistry.com Referral URL: http://www.domainregistry.com Server Name: APPLE.COM.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM IP Address: 203.36.226.2 Registrar: INSTRA CORPORATION PTY, LTD. Whois Server: whois.instra.net Referral URL: http://www.instra.com Server Name: APPLE.COM.WAS.PWNED.BY.M1CROSOFT.COM IP Address: 203.206.208.201 Registrar: TUCOWS.COM CO. Whois Server: whois.tucows.com Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net Server Name: APPLE.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM IP Address: 203.36.226.2 Registrar: INSTRA CORPORATION PTY, LTD. Whois Server: whois.instra.net Referral URL: http://www.instra.com Server Name: APPLE.COM.IS.OWN3D.BY.NAKEDJER.COM IP Address: 209.236.225.10 Registrar: TUCOWS.COM CO. Whois Server: whois.tucows.com Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net Server Name: APPLE.COM.IS.0WN3D.BY.GULLI.COM IP Address: 80.190.192.39 Registrar: EPAG DOMAINSERVICES GMBH Whois Server: whois.enterprice.net Referral URL: http://www.enterprice.net Server Name: APPLE.COM.BEYONDWHOIS.COM IP Address: 203.36.226.2 Registrar: INSTRA CORPORATION PTY, LTD. Whois Server: whois.instra.net Referral URL: http://www.instra.com Server Name: APPLE.COM.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM IP Address: 203.36.226.2 Registrar: INSTRA CORPORATION PTY, LTD. Whois Server: whois.instra.net Referral URL: http://www.instra.com Domain Name: APPLE.COM Registrar: MARKMONITOR INC. Whois Server: whois.markmonitor.com Referral URL: http://www.markmonitor.com Name Server: NSERVER.APPLE.COM Name Server: NSERVER.ASIA.APPLE.COM Name Server: NSERVER.EURO.APPLE.COM Name Server: NSERVER2.APPLE.COM Name Server: NSERVER3.APPLE.COM Name Server: NSERVER4.APPLE.COM Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 27-apr-2010 Creation Date: 19-feb-1987 Expiration Date: 20-feb-2020</code></pre>