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First published: 30th September 2007
The Hong Kong Domain Name Registry (HKDNR) has cited statistics from AbuseButler that show a 85% reduction in the number of reports on .hk spamvertised domains between June and August to show the success of joint efforts of Hong Kong agencies to stamp out abusive domains.
HKDNR has been cooperating with the Office of Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), HK Police Force, Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) and other agencies to combat phishing and spamming using .hk domains. Once a .hk domain is verified as being involved with phishing or spamming, HKDNR will suspend it immediately.
HKDNR also claim that implementing the Verified by Visa’ and ‘Secure Code Verification for Online Payment’ methods on their payment gateway for domains has resulted in a 95% drop in registration of spamvertised domain in July 2007.
We can expect criminals to target the least well-managed registries around the world when registering their domains, and they will continue working to exploit the system so the cooperation and effort against this abuse must continue and improve, or these recent improvements will evaporate.