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TAS glitch “not an attack” says ICANN

Kevin Murphy, April 12, 2012, 12:40:22 (UTC), Domain Registries

ICANN’s decision this afternoon to shut down its TLD Application System until next Tuesday was not prompted by hackers, according to the organization.
“It’s not an attack,” a spokesperson told DI.
ICANN announced within the last hour that it has extended the window for new gTLD applications until next Friday as a result of unspecified “unusual behavior” in TAS.
Speculation as to the cause has already started on social media, with some pointing to the possibility of hacking, but according to ICANN we can rule out foul play.
The immediate reaction from stressed-out applicants has been split between those laughing, those crying, and those doing both.
TAS was down for scheduled maintenance for two hours last night. According to two applicants who logged in afterwards, it was running very slowly when it came back online.
UPDATE: ICANN has just confirmed: “No application data has been lost from those who have already submitted applications, so it should not pose problems for existing applicants.”

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Comments (2)

  1. Do Bibbley says:

    It was running very slowly for at least 24 hours before last night’s maintenance session.

  2. Cintra Sooknanan says:

    Yep, no application data lost, only compromised http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-12apr12-en.htm

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