Foreign Parties Create Fake Icelandic Domains for Other Purposes

RÚV

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The police in the capital area are investigating a case where foreign parties are registering domains in Iceland that are similar to Icelandic company names. The police have information about at least three such domains. The companies do not want to be identified. The companies have been notified of the matter. The three domains have also been blocked by ISNIC, which is the registration office for .is web addresses in Iceland. "We do not know if…

Vísir

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It appears that unscrupulous foreign parties have taken to creating Icelandic domains that resemble the names of Icelandic companies in order to deceive and defraud foreign suppliers of the companies in question. This comes in a post on social media by the police in the capital area, which is investigating the case. At least three such domains are known to have already been closed.