UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 10, 2021
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter
Colorado | 000-19333 | 84-1176672 | ||
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation | Commission File Number | IRS Employer Identification Number |
PO Box 323
Old Bethpage, New York 11804
Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code
516-586-5643
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Not applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
As previously reported, on Saturday morning, July 17, 2021, our historical website domain – biontech.com – and email services were compromised and disabled. Research indicated that an unknown party had ‘hijacked’ the domain in a theft attempt.
On September 10, 2021, the Company filed a federal lawsuit ‘in rem’ to recover the <biontech.com> domain and against the unknown ‘John Doe’ who hacked and attempted to steal the website. The litigation has been filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division under the heading ‘Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., Plaintiff, vs John Doe and <biontech.com>, Defendants’ (Case No. 1:21-cv-01034), seeking recovery of the domain name and other relief as set forth therein.
No shareholder, sensitive or confidential information was available to be breached which has limited damages from the hack/theft to date. However, the Company’s email operations have been subject disruption and expenses have been incurred related to the matter including legal fees.
While these issues are being resolved, Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. has moved our website (and email) to a new domain: bionenviro.com. Website access is now www.bionenviro.com.
To send emails to Bion personnel, use the same name identifier previously used, but in the address, substitute ‘bionenviro.com’ for ‘biontech.com’:
For example, cscott@biontech.com (no longer functional) will now be cscott@bionenviro.com and mas@biontech (no longer functional) will now be mas@bionenviro.com.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
Date: September 13, 2021 |
By: /s/ Mark A. Smith Mark A. Smith, President |