ICANN sends breach notice to domain registrar Webnic Domain Name Wire Domain Name News

pDomain Name Wire Domain Name NewsppDomain Name Industry NewsppAndrew Allemann Leave a Comment July 30 2025ppDomain industry overseer says domain registrar is lax when investigating and responding to DNS abuse complaintsppppICANN has sent a breach notice pdf to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNiccc a fairly large domain name registrar in AsiappWebNic has about 500000 com domain names under management in addition to domains in other extensionsppICANN says the registrar is not complying with Section 3182 of the registrar accreditation agreement which addresses DNS abuse mitigationppThe organization said Webnic failed to follow appropriate steps when receiving DNS abuse complaints AlsoppICANN has observed a concerning pattern regarding DNS Abuse mitigation requirements in cases involving WebNic In multiple instances reviewed by ICANN Contractual Compliance actionable evidence of DNS Abuse was provided to the Registrar through abuse reports However mitigation actions were repeatedly delayed and in some instances only taken until after the abuse reporter escalated the matter by submitting a complaint to ICANN The Registrar frequently issued repeated requests for evidence to abuse reporters even when the original reports appeared actionable and failed to fully consider information or clarifications provided by the abuse reporter ICANN or otherwise reasonably accessible to the Registrar In other cases the Registrar requested evidence from the abuse reporters that did not appear to be relevant to the reported activity causing additional delaysppIt said the registrar frequently responds to ICANN Contractual Compliance notifications on the last day of the deadline or after it has passed and those responses are incompleteppAdditionally it says the registrar is not displaying information on its website that is required includingppICANN Compliance has been contacting the registrar about issues since at least February of this yearppWebnic has until August 19 to cure the violations for ICANN will begin the termination processppCategories Domain Registrars Tags breach notice icann ICANN compliance WebnicppAndrew Allemann has been registering domains for over 25 years and publishing Domain Name Wire since 2005 He has been quoted about his expertise in domain names by The Wall Street Journal New York Times and NPR Connect with Andrew LinkedIn TwitterX FacebookppStay uptodate with the latest analysis and news about the domain name industry by joining our mailing listppNo spam unsubscribe anytimeppDomain Name Wire is a trade publication for the domain name industry covering topics relevant to domain investors brand owners policy makers domain registrars and registries and more Founded in 2005 Domain Name Wire has been cited by Wall Street Journal New York Times NPR and Washington Post  Read More About DNWppStay uptodate with the latest analysis and news about the domain name industry by joining our mailing listppNo spam unsubscribe anytimepp 20052025 Domain Name Wire DNW and Domain Name Wire are trademarks of Brainstorm Labs LLCp