ICANN have announced that they are going to reveal to New gTLD applicants whether or not their data has been compromised. This comes after a glitch in the TLD Application System (TAS) allowed some users to see certain details relating to other applicants, specifically filenames and usernames. It seems that the data leak was minimal as ICANN stated that only “certain scenarios” caused the issue to occur. ICANN have been keeping applicants up to date on the progress of TAS via a series of FAQs on their website.
The system was taken down on the 12th April an…