EURid suspends and delays thousands of coronavirus domains
Thousands of .eu domains containing words related to the coronavirus pandemic have either been suspended or frozen due to suspicions the registrants may have been up to no good, EURid reported this week.
The company started scanning new and recent registrations for these keywords at the start of April.
It found 3,489 such domains registered in the first quarter, and it suspended 1,709 of them because the registrant failed to verify their identity and confirm that the registration was made in good faith.
From April to the end of September, 4,656 domains triggered the system and were delayed from going live until EURid carried out its checks. Only a quarter of these names have so far passed the checks, EURid said.
While there are many legit sites providing pandemic-related information, the high-profile disease has also attracted many fraudsters.
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