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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement released yesterday.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15apr12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15apr12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">15 April 2012</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Statement by Akram Atallah, COO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">As we reported yesterday, ICANN continues to
study the technical issue that has prompted us to take the TLD
application system offline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Our goals remain to get a full understanding of
this issue, fix the problem, notify those who have been
affected, and reopen the application window as soon as
possible. We are doing our best to mitigate the impact of this
issue on the application process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">As reported earlier, some applicants were able to
see file names and user names that belonged to other
applicants. An intensive review has produced no evidence that
any data beyond the file names and user names could be
accessed by other users. In addition, it does not appear that
this issue caused any corruption or loss of data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">We are currently reviewing the data to confirm
which applicants were affected. As soon as the data is
confirmed, we will inform all applicants whether they were
affected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">We are continuing to look at the technical issue
and using outside experts to resolve any open issues before we
reopen the application window. We are extensively testing the
system to ensure that all aspects of the issue have been fully
addressed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">We will reopen the application system as soon as
we have full confidence that the problem has been resolved. As
noted in yesterday’s update, we will announce no later than
23:59 GMT/UTC on Monday, 16 April, whether we will reopen on
Tuesday, 17 April.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">30 April remains our target date to publish the
applied-for new domain names, but this is subject to change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">We apologize for any concern this issue is
causing. In keeping with ICANN’s longstanding commitment to
transparency and accountability, we will continue to provide
regular updates at <</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
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href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/interruption-updates"><span
lang="EN-US">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/interruption-updates</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">> until the issue is resolved and the
application window has reopened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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