ICANN outlines its IGF 2026 agenda in Nairobi, focusing on multilingual Internet access, multistakeholder governance and Africa's technical community, with discussions on Universal Acceptance, new gTLDs and participation following the WSIS+20 review.
A Finnish court sentences two cargo ship crew members to prison for damaging Baltic Sea telecommunications cables, addressing criminal responsibility and jurisdiction over critical infrastructure beyond territorial waters.
Shopify's financial filing reveals a $99 million expenditure linked to its Shop.com acquisition, potentially exceeding the previous domain sale record of $70 million, although the company has not separately confirmed the domain's purchase price.
Cyberattacks disrupted refrigeration systems at more than 100 European stores, destroying food inventories and exposing vulnerabilities in Internet-connected controllers. Authorities recommend isolating affected equipment, while investigators examine possible connections to earlier attacks.
A coordinated wave of DNS hijackings redirected visitors from 12 cryptocurrency websites to wallet-draining pages, with affected operators reporting registrar-level compromises involving domain services associated with Vercel Domains and Name.com.
French lawmakers approved a proposed €0.055-per-gigabyte tax on Internet traffic, targeting content providers and CDNs despite government opposition. The measure could raise billions annually but faces further legislative hurdles.
New proposals submitted to the ITU address IPv6 deployment, internationalized domain names and Internet governance, with competing regional amendments awaiting consideration at the November Plenipotentiary Conference in Doha.
The Pentagon is investigating unexplained refrigeration failures at six US military commissaries as a possible cyberattack, while French authorities examine attacks on Internet-connected refrigeration systems affecting hundreds of supermarkets.
Iranian officials have outlined plans to target undersea Internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz, while a new propaganda video depicts attacks that could disrupt connectivity across Gulf states.
New research ranks trans-Pacific submarine cables by sabotage vulnerability, identifying Google and Meta projects among high-risk systems while documenting Chinese research vessel activity near critical underwater communications infrastructure.
CISA's new 2030 strategy shifts US cyber defense toward proactive threat removal, prioritizing critical infrastructure protection and national resilience, with implementation milestones set for the coming year.
Infoblox researchers uncovered two operations exploiting government and educational DNS infrastructure across three countries to promote illegal gambling, exposing security weaknesses that conventional website monitoring may overlook.
Only 21 internationalized domain name applications were submitted in ICANN's 2026 new gTLD round, raising government concerns about linguistic diversity and the accessibility of the domain expansion program.
France has proposed legislation allowing authorities to block social media platforms over prohibited content, following revelations that telecom operators were asked to prepare geographically targeted DNS restrictions during protests.
ICANN has appointed three independent objectors for the 2026 new-gTLD round, establishing a mechanism to challenge applications on public-interest and community grounds, with safeguards against institutional interference.