Domain name registrar and web hosting provider Epik has been hacked and a very large amount of data is now “in the wild”. At this juncture it’s unclear exactly how much data is involved, but indications would suggest that the breach was extensive and included not only customer details, but also credit card data. While… Continue reading Epik Hack Exposes Data of Millions of Non-Customers
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Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam
An Australian company has been €1.24 million (AU$1.95 million) for duping businesses out of over AU$2.3 million via a domain slamming scam. The case was taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) who claim that the company in question had sent out over 300 thousand fake renewal notices to Australian businesses. For those… Continue reading Australian Company Fined Over 1 Million Euro for Domain Scam
GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is to retire at the end of the year. Irving, who is 58, will continue to be a member of the GoDaddy board until June 2018. Yep, after 35 years of late nights and long travel in #tech it’s time to focus on the @GoDaddy board and new adventures w/ my… Continue reading GoDaddy CEO to Retire in December
DailyStormer Offline as Google Pulls Domain Registration
DailyStormer is currently offline. If you attempt to visit the main domain name or any of its associated sections, which resided under various subdomains, you’ll either get a “host not found” error or be greeted by something like this: The domain registration’s status has changed slightly: Domain Name: DAILYSTORMER.COM Registry Domain ID: 1787753602_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS… Continue reading DailyStormer Offline as Google Pulls Domain Registration
Oracle To Acquire Dyn
Oracle is acquiring DNS and internet performance provider Dyn. The announcement was made earlier today. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. It’ll probably take several months for the deal to close and for now nothing will change for any of DYN’s clients. Here’s the press release: Oracle today announced that it has… Continue reading Oracle To Acquire Dyn
German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains
Strato (Cronon AG), which is one of the larger German registrars, has pulled *.uk domain names from its offerings. The company made the announcement via a blog post (in German) where they outlined the reasons for their decision. The issue? Nominet’s registrant data validation processes. I reached out to the guys at Cronon, who handle… Continue reading German Registrar Pulls .Uk Domains
ICANN Publish 2013 For Comment
Following on from talks during the ICANN public meeting in Beijing the final text of the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement has been published for comment Full details here
Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
Melbourne IT has sold off its corporate domains business to CSC domains. They’d previously acquired the division in 2008 when they bought Verisign’s DBMS business for US$50 million. The sale netted the company AU$152.5 million (approximately US$157 million, EUR120 million). Here’s the full release: MELBOURNE, Australia – 12 March 2013 – Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB)… Continue reading Melbourne IT Sells Off Brand Services Division
Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
A couple of domain industry bloggers were speculating about Microsoft and the domain kinect.com According to WHOIS the domain is now registered via corporate registrar MarkMonitor and lists Microsoft as the registrant: Domain Administrator Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond WA 98052 US domains@microsoft.com +1.4258828080 Fax: +1.4259367329 Domain Name: kinect.com Registrar Name:… Continue reading Kinect.com Now Owned By Microsoft
Digital Britain Uses Stone Age References
The Digital Britain report and the legislation which is now before the UK parliament (Digital Economy Bill) makes for very scary reading. The implications of the legislation are far reaching – and not just within the UK What about the sections of the legislation that refer to domain registries? Note the plural There is an… Continue reading Digital Britain Uses Stone Age References