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ICANN Investigating November Data Breach

ICANN was hit by a data breach in November, believed to be a “spear phishing” attack, it said in a news release Wednesday. Emails were sent to ICANN staffers that appeared to come from the ICANN domain, it said. The…

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attack compromised the email credentials of several staff members, ICANN said. The attack also breached ICANN’s centralized zone data system (CZDS), which contained names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other information of CZDS users, it said. ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee's members-only wiki page also was breached, it said. The nonprofit is continuing to investigate the attack.