July 12, 2005

ICANN Warns World of Domain Hijacking

A report by the internet's leading security experts has warned the world of the risk of domain name hijacking and told the industry to pull its socks up.

ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee has outlined several famous and recent thefts of websites, including Panix.com, Hushmail.com and HZ.com, and listed where the system went wrong and what can be done to correct the flaws - The Register