December 20, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a report by research and analysis firm Netcraft (netcraft.com), a recent phishing scam tried to trick owners of .ca domains to divulge login information by sending an email that appeared to come from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority.
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CIRA, which operates the .ca registry, warned its users about the scam, which deceives recipients by sending scam emails from compliance@cira.cc. CIRA’s legitimate email address is compliance@cira.ca
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CIRA reiterated in a statement that it never asks registrants to share login information via email.
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The .cc domain is a top-level domain for the Cocos Islands.
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