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DNS Abuse Sanctuary: How NiceNIC (IANA 3765) Shields Global Cybercrime

PhishDestroy on January 13, 2026

"A registrar that costs $10 will let you do whatever you want and will ignore and laugh at any legal request." The modern internet, often percei...
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Sammi De Blas •

The "$10 registrar that laughs at legal requests" is a threat-intel pipeline on its own. The useful output is rarely the list of abusive registrars; it is the velocity: which ones absorb domains from a campaign right after the first takedown attempt.

Do you publish the underlying data (a CSV of registrar/ASN pairs would be plenty)? I would gladly cross-reference it with the phishing kits I dissect. Those two views together tend to show the money path.

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Stew •

The internet deserves better stewardship than this.

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Carlos •

If these claims are true, regulators must take immediate action.

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Ruthe •

The DNS layer is critical infrastructure, abuse here affects everyone globally.

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ShawnaI •

NiceNIC needs to respond transparently to these allegations. Silence is not acceptable.

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Harmonie •

How can IANA-assigned entities escape accountability for so long?

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Chile •

Cybercriminals thrive where oversight is weak, this looks like a textbook case.

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Helen •

This explains why so many malicious domains stay online for months.

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Margre •

DNS abuse is not a technical issue alone, it is an ethical failure.

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Marisa •

Victims of phishing and scams deserve answers and protection.

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Jesse •

Hosting crime under the cover of neutrality is not neutrality at all.

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Deven •

If enforcement existed, global cybercrime losses would drop drastically.

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Justine •

Security researchers have been warning about registrar abuse for years.

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Davena •

This is deeply alarming. DNS providers should protect the internet, not enable cybercrime.

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Darrell •

Turning a blind eye makes a provider complicit.

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Sherie •

DNS registrars must be held to the same standards worldwide.

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Taisha •

Cybercriminals always go where enforcement is lax.

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Flor •

One weak link can poison the entire internet ecosystem.

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Loida •

This is a wake-up call for ICANN and IANA partners.

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Teofila •

Transparency reports should be mandatory for registrars.

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Khalilah •

Abuse-friendly infrastructure undermines global digital safety.

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Celesta •

Accountability is the only way forward if trust is to be restored.

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Jerred •

End users pay the price while criminals stay protected.

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Tran •

Ignoring abuse reports is not ignorance, it is a choice.

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Susanna •

Victims of phishing and this should be investigated by cybercrime agencies.

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Youlanda •

This should be investigated by international cybercrime agencies.