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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by djsumdog on Monday July 10, 2017 @01:21PM (#14737889)
People make mistakes. This seems like some manual configuration/technical debt issues. Don't get me wrong, mistakes for these big, highly used TLDs is pretty massive. The scale of this is could have been devastating.

Responsible disclosure to the company that runs the TLD seems like the right first step. This should probably posted on ICANN, ARIN, etc mailing lists even now, but I think the writer's original response is the right one.

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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by astrodust on Monday July 10, 2017 @03:16PM (#14738799)
The people that make this sort of mistake should not be responsible for a TLD. This is one of the worst possible blunders imaginable.

Considering they control the .io TLD these should have been registered and locked as reserved. That this wasn't the policy is but one of the many failings that lead to this outcome.

If I were ICANN I'd slap them with a huge fine to send a message.

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Re:Taking control of all .io domains with a targeted registr... by sillysaurus3 on Monday July 10, 2017 @04:32PM (#14739385)
*coordinated disclosure. "Responsible disclosure" is coercive.
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