[ALAC] Statement on TLD Application System

[Alan Greenberg]

A few more details on the TAS outage.   Alan

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>Statement on TLD Application System
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>12 April 2012
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>We have learned of a possible glitch in the TLD application system 
>software that has allowed a limited number of users to view some 
>other users' file names and user names in certain scenarios.
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>Out of an abundance of caution, we took the system offline to 
>protect applicant data. We are examining how this issue occurred and 
>considering appropriate steps forward.
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>We apologize for any concern this may have caused and will 
>communicate on a regular basis on our website, which can be found at 
><http://newgtlds.icann.org>http://newgtlds.icann.org
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>Akram Atallah
>Chief Operating Officer
>ICANN