ICANN switches off dot-word admin portal amid security leak scare

Global domain-name overlord ICANN has found another security hole in its systems. This time, confidential data on companies vying for new dot-word domains may have been snooped on by rivals logged into ICANN's catch-all portal – meaning commercially sensitive information as well as important technical details on the internet's …

[Mark 85]

And these are the keepers of the faith and protectors of the realm. *

*Just ask them, they'll tell you they are.

[Will Godfrey]

I'm so (not) surprised

Never mind 'Who watches the watchers?', how about 'Who manages the managers?'

[Graham Marsden]

"just five per cent of ICANN's budget...

"...is spent on performing the technical job that it was originally created to carry out."

And that tells you just what a scam the whole dot nonsense business is.

[I ain't Spartacus]

Re: "just five per cent of ICANN's budget...

And that's why ICANN have awarded themselves a free gTLD, without the tedious process of applying through the normal process.

Their new 'secure' portal will be hosted at: www.icann.fuckup

[JCitizen]

Perhaps they should be called..

ICANNOT!