# Phish-Friendly '.top' Domain Registry Warned to Clean Up or Shut Down 🚨

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/phish-friendly-top-domain-registry-warned-to-clean-up-or-shut-down/287560>\
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**Tags:** hacking\
**Created:** [July 24, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/phish-friendly-top-domain-registry-warned-to-clean-up-or-shut-down/287560 "2024-07-24T23:30:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/phish-friendly-top-domain-registry-warned-to-clean-up-or-shut-down/287560/1 "2024-07-24T23:30:24Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **ICANN Warning** : The Chinese company managing ‘.top’ domain names **has until mid-August 2024** to establish systems for handling phishing reports and suspending abusive domains. **Failure to comply may result in losing its license** to sell domains.

2. **Phishing Prevalence** : A recent study revealed that **.top domains are highly used for phishing** , second only to ‘.com’. Over the past year, **more than 117,000 .top domains were identified as phishing sites** , accounting for over 4% of all new .top domains.

3. **Registry’s Response** : The **Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)** criticized the **.top registry** , operated by **Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co. Ltd.** , for not adequately addressing phishing reports. The registry has yet to respond to these allegations.

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