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UK domain giant Nominet confirms cybersecurity incident linked to Ivanti VPN hacks


Nominet, the U.K. domain registry that maintains .co.uk domains, has experienced a cybersecurity incident that it confirmed is linked to the recent

Ivanti confirmed last week that hackers were exploiting a vulnerability in Connect Secure, its widely used enterprise VPN appliance, to break into customers’ networks. Ivanti hasn’t said how many customers are affected, but cybersecurity firm watchTowr Labs told TechCrunch that it has seen “widespread” compromises. Nominet, which is the first organization to publicly confirm it has been affected by the Ivanti bug, said it currently has “no evidence of data breach or leakage.” The company added that it has restricted access to the VPN software while it investigates the incident.

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