They moved registry backend providers Centralnic -> Tucows -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains https://www.blacknight.com/ https://blacknight.blog/ Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072<tel:+353599183072> Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<tel:+353599183090> Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 I have sent this email at a time that is convenient for me. I do not expect you to respond to it outside of your usual working hours. From: Joe Wein via gtld-tech <gtld-tech@icann.org> Date: Thursday, 16 April 2026 at 10:05 To: gtld-tech@icann.org <gtld-tech@icann.org> Subject: [gtld-tech] Unusual update volumes for .site and .online zone files [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Please use caution when opening attachments from unrecognised sources. Recently we have seen elevated levels of new domains added to .online and .site, which triggered some internal monitoring here. Checking the addition counts for the last few months, we see a gap from around March 17 to April 12 during which *no* domains were added, followed by three days with levels of additions 2-5x "normal" levels (i.e. pre March 17), as if it was catching up with a backlog. Has anybody else see this and/or knows what happened there? Did they move to a different operator? Joe Wein SURBL _______________________________________________ gtld-tech mailing list -- gtld-tech@icann.org To unsubscribe send an email to gtld-tech-leave@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.