Agree. Let's add this to our DNS abuse discussions Jonathan Zuck Executive Director Innovators Network Foundation www.Innovatorsnetwork.org<http://www.Innovatorsnetwork.org> ________________________________ From: At-Large <at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 11:08:47 AM To: Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> Cc: ICANN At-Large list <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [At-Large] Sonoma Valley Hospital loses 3-letter domain name to hijackers On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 at 10:59, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>> wrote: With all the safeguards in use, that's really surprising. Surprising? I would say scandalous. And it's an abuse vector that ought to concern At-Large far more than gTLD allocation. Why doesn't ICANN have an appeals mechanism that allows maliciously redirected gTLDs to be returned to their original owner if malice can be demonstrated? Since we now now that "all the safeguards in use" can still be circumvented, why isn't there an after-the-fact remedy? Yes, it could be messy. But certainly you must all realize that if this goes unchecked it only opens the door to a new form of ransomware along side "we've encrypted your site". - Evan Best, Olivier On 23/08/2019 16:46, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote: https://www.sonomanews.com/home/a1/9924307-181/hospital-website-hijacked-by-... Sonoma Valley Hospital’s website was hacked earlier this month, forcing the change of its URL and email addresses, hospital officials announced last week. On Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m., the hospital’s domain svh.com<http://svh.com> was “maliciously acquired,” said Celia Kruse de la Rosa, the hospital’s communications director. Hospital CEO Kelly Mather added: “The hijacking of our domain name was surprising and we are finding out, not unusual for highly valuable three letter domain names such as ‘svh.com.’” When it became apparent that the hospital would not get the domain name returned, they “began migrating all internet connectivity to the new and current domain: sonomavalleyhospital.org<http://sonomavalleyhospital.org> (web) and @sonomavalleyhospital.org<http://sonomavalleyhospital.org> (email),” de la Rosa said. _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56