On monday we announced the attempted data breach that took place on October 11th. We reiterate that no customer passwords or domain auth codes were compromised and that no unauthorized modifications to any domains or DNS settings occurred. Our forensics have uncovered the possibility that some member email addresses were exposed when an event notification […]
Are You Paying TOO MUCH For Your easyDNS Services?
In the final push to move the remaining members and domains from the old legacy platform to the shiny new one we want to try to make sure everybody is on the right service level to meet their needs. Many of you on the old system have been with us a long time and […]
Security response to an attempted data breach
Last Thursday we mitigated an attempt to breach customer data. No customer data was obtained, and no domains or services were impacted, however in the wake of the attempt we have elected to accelerate our already planned security enhancements. This is why, when you log in today and from now onwards you will be forced […]
Does “ad retargeting” now track your real world movements?
[ This is an email I sent to the Berkman center Project VRM list a week or so ago. I am still getting the “Trump Tower” ads everywhere I go on the internet in my main web browser. ] Ad retargeting is when google (and others) can target the ads based on your prior […]
Home Stretch in the CIRA Board Elections
At the time of writing there are about 24 hours left in the CIRA Board elections, voting closes tomorrow (September 26) at noon EST. What is interesting this year is that renowned privacy advocate Michael Geist has once again been nominated on the members’ slate and if successful would be back on the CIRA Board. […]
Secondary DNS From Godaddy: Things To Know
There are a lot of people moving their domains here from Godaddy lately. In addition to simply moving their DNS over to us completely – there are also many who are opting to stick with Godaddy and adding us on as secondary / additional DNS. We remain advocates of “multi provider” DNS solutions but […]