<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[Soac-infoalert] Fwd: [policy] TAS Interruption - Update (8 May 2012) | ICANN</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">May 9, 2012 4:38:38 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08may12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-08may12-en.htm</a></div><div><br><div id="content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.589844); padding-bottom: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 6px; border-top-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-left-radius: 6px; "><div class="article" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; "><article id="node-1154073" class="node node-announcement clearfix" about="/en/news/announcements/announcement-08may12-en.htm" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" style="display: block; zoom: 1; "><div class="field field-name-field-ann-subtitle field-type-text field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Statement by Akram Atallah, COO</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ann-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-05-08T23:45:00-07:00" style="margin-bottom: 10px; display: block; ">8 May 2012</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; "><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">ICANN</abbr> is targeting 22 May 2012 as the intended reopening date for the <abbr title="Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: initial; ">TLD</abbr>Application System. It is anticipated that the system would remain open for five business days and close on 30 May. This takes account of the 28 May Memorial Day holiday in the United States.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">We took TAS offline following a technical glitch that may have allowed some users to see some file names and user names of other users. We have seen no evidence that any TAS user intentionally did anything wrong in order to be able to see other users' information.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">We have met our commitment to provide notice to all users on or before 8 May 2012 by sending out notifications today.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">The large majority of users are unaffected by the glitch. We continue to review the extensive database of system logs and system traffic, and any new and relevant information that emerges from this analysis will be shared with applicants in a timely way.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">Even as late as yesterday, 7 May 2012, our packet-level research uncovered a new set of instances (in addition to those previously announced) where another applicant might have viewed a set of system-generated file names. It is possible that further analysis will also show that some of the parties that we have notified were not affected, but notice was provided out of an abundance of caution.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">We thank everyone for your patience and apologize for the inconvenience the delay has caused.</p></div></div></div></article></div></div><section id="subnav" style="display: block; "><div id="block-menu-block-5" class="block block-menu-block"><div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-5 menu-name-menu-icann-navigation parent-mlid-400 menu-level-1"><ul class="menu" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><li class="first leaf active-trail menu-mlid-27705" style="margin-bottom: 5px; "><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements" class="active-trail active" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; display: block; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgb(150, 219, 226) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-shadow: rgb(150, 219, 226) 0px 0px 0px 1px; "><font class="Apple-style-span">Announcements</font></a></li></ul></div></div></section><br>Sent from my iPhone<div>David A. 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