[bc-gnso] homeland-security-goes-domain-capture-spree

[martinsutton at hsbc.com]

Thanks Fred. 

The article cites ICANN......

The owner of the site claims that the seizure occurred suddenly and 
without warning: "My domain has been seized without any previous complaint 
or notice from any court! I firstly had DNS downtime. While I was 
contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what 
was going on and until now they do not understand the situation and they 
say it was totally from ICANN."

I doubt ICANN were involved but if anyone knows otherwise I would be 
interested to know - this would have an impact on some of the RAP WG 
recommendations being taken forward.

Martin C SUTTON 
Group Risk 
Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ
Group Security & Fraud Risk
8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom
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This is the second wave - according to the officers involved, who i met at 
the iacc conference, they plan to continue the practice. 

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(please excuse any content I might blame on apple's absurd and comical 
autocorrect  including but not limited to typos)

On Nov 26, 2010, at 4:54 AM, "martinsutton at hsbc.com" <
martinsutton at hsbc.com> wrote:


The US government has today seized a selection of domains belonging to 
sites associated with peer-to-peer file sharing and counterfeit goods - 
apparently without notifying their owners nor going through the court 
systems. - 
http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/26/homeland-security-goes-domain-capture-spree/ 


Martin C SUTTON 
Group Risk 
Manager, Group Fraud Risk and Intelligence | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC HGHQ
Group Security & Fraud Risk
8 Canada Square,Canary Wharf,London,E14 5HQ,United Kingdom 
________________________________________________________________

Phone.     +44 (0)20 7991 8074 / 7991 8074 
Mobile.     +44 (0) 7774556680 
Email.       martinsutton at hsbc.com 
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