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ICANN Has Been Hacked

ICANN—the organization that looks after the names and domains of the Internet—has suffered a serious phishing attack that's compromised its data.

cl19833583d ago

I still don't understand how no one puts money into their internet security.

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Internet experts submit plan for US to cede control of ICANN

The Guardian: Proposal recommends role played by government be replaced by ICANN itself, an oversight committee and a review process involving many interested parties

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theguardian.com
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US Companies Are Throwing a Fit Because They're Losing Control Over the Internet

Motherboard

Control over the internet is slipping away from the US government and American corporations in favour of a more global approach, and the corporations don’t like how they’re being treated so far.

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motherboard.vice.com
s45gr323437d ago

I don't get it, someone explain it in layman terms

The_Blue3437d ago

kNOWLEDGE, ENTERTAINMENT, ETC.

PEOPLE ARE WAKING UP.

mydyingparadiselost3437d ago

Governments and corporations are upset they're losing domination over something?!? Well, no one could have seen that coming...

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Ready or not, here come the new Internet top-level domain names

ZDNet

On February 4, you'll be able to get Internet domain names with such new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) names as .CHEAP, .NINJA, or .SEXY. So, yes, if you really wanted to, you could have such domain names as dirt.cheap, joethe.ninja or imvery.sexy. Ack!

GTLDs are part of the Domain Name System (DNS). They're the last label of fully qualified domain names such as .com, .edu, and .gov. These are used to give human-readable addresses to the Internet's cryptic IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. So far, so good.

Crazay3906d ago

HOLY JEEBUS! That's just obscene. why not look to old unused/abandoned .com addresses and take them back.