Co.uk Registry Takes Action Against Phishing

The co.uk registry operator, Nominet, has enabled a new feature to help fight phishing and other domain abuse.

The new "Phishing Lock" enables registrars, such as ourselves, to lockdown domains suspected of abusive use eg. phishing etc.,

A domain may now be marked as being used in abusive activities and completely locked down to prevent dns changes etc.,

More details on the Nominet site
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