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| *[[ICANN]] announced that all 1,195 generic top-level domains ([[gTLD]]s) have deployed Domain Name System Security Extensions ([[DNSSEC]]). | | *[[ICANN]] announced that all 1,195 generic top-level domains ([[gTLD]]s) have deployed Domain Name System Security Extensions ([[DNSSEC]]). |
| *[[WHOIS]] replacement inched forward. | | *[[WHOIS]] replacement inched forward. |
− | *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 the Public Interest Registry (PIR) from ISOC 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]], and [[Poynt]]. |
− | *[[Donuts]] acquires [[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 the 11% jump from 2019. | + | *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. |
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