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*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 | *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. | ||
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2020 in Review
- ICANN announced that all 1,195 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have deployed Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC).
- WHOIS replacement inched forward.
- 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.
- GoDaddy Acquired (in chronological order) Over, Uniregistry, Neustar, SkyVerge, and Poynt.
- Donuts acquired Afilias.
- COVID-19 made working from home the norm, accelerating 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.
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