Tag Archives: United States Department of Commerce

ICANN has been hacked by a Bunch of Phishers

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ICANN has suffered an attack by a group of hacking experts. And the results are not good. It is investigating the break in and what has been revealed is that a spear phishing attack was responsible...

US to Relax its Hold on the Internet, Plans to Leave Oversight of ICANN

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It is a decision that has been welcomed by the rest of the world. But with the United States turning over a new leaf towards greater tolerance, many local Yankee businesses are getting apprehensive....

The Commerce Department To The Rescue On Surveillance Reform?

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Despite the hype surrounding the President’s January speech on NSA surveillance reform, his much-anticipated remarks placated few of his domestic and overseas critics. More importantly, the President...

ICANN Slays Google’s Dotless Domain Search Plans

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Google’s dream of owning a top level dotless search domain has turned into a nightmare. The gigantic search engine wanted ownership of an "http://search" dotless domain. But this has come up against...