Changes

*The government of Niue launched proceedings with ICANN to reclaim [[.nu]] as its [[ccTLD]].

*The government of Niue launched proceedings with ICANN to reclaim [[.nu]] as its [[ccTLD]].

*[[ICANN Board]] withheld consent for a change of control of [[Public Interest Registry]] from [[Internet Society]] to [[Ethos Capital]].

*[[ICANN Board]] withheld consent for a change of control of [[Public Interest Registry]] from [[Internet Society]] to [[Ethos Capital]].

*[[GoDaddy]] Acquired (in chronological order) [[Over]], [[Uniregistry]], [[Neustar]], [[Skyverge]], and [[Poynt]].   

*[[GoDaddy]] Acquired (in chronological order) [[Over]], [[Uniregistry]], [[Neustar]], [[Skyverge|SkyVerge]], and [[Poynt]].   

*[[Donuts]] acquired [[Afilias]].

*[[Donuts]] acquired [[Afilias]].

*COVID-19 makes working from home the norm, accelerating [[DNS Abuse|cyberattacks]] and the difficulty of managing [[cybersecurity]]. For instance, many employees at [[GoDaddy]], currently the world's largest domain registrar and web-hosting company, recently failed the company's controversial [[phishing]] email test, and [[WIPO]] announced that it had registered its 50,000th [[cybersquatting]] case, contributing to an 11% jump in reported incidents from 2019.   

*COVID-19 made working from home the norm, accelerating [[DNS Abuse|cyberattacks]] and the difficulty of managing [[cybersecurity]]. For instance, many employees at [[GoDaddy]], currently the world's largest domain registrar and web-hosting company, recently failed the company's controversial [[phishing]] email test, and [[WIPO]] announced that it had registered its 50,000th [[cybersquatting]] case, contributing to an 11% jump in reported incidents from 2019.