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Nominet , the U.K. domain registry that maintains .co.uk area , has experience a cybersecurity incident that it confirm is linked to the late exploitation ofa novel Ivanti VPN vulnerability .
In an email to customers , seen by TechCrunch , Nominet warned of an “ ongoing security incident ” under investigation .
Nominet said hackers access its systems via “ third - party VPN software supplied by Ivanti , ” tot up that the encroachment “ exploited a zero - day exposure , ” give Nominet no time to apply dapple .
Ivanti confirmed last week that hackers were exploiting a vulnerability in Connect Secure , its wide used enterprise VPN appliance , to fall in into customers ’ electronic internet . Ivanti has n’t sound out how many customers are affect , but cybersecurity house watchTowr Labs told TechCrunch that it has seen “ widespread ” compromises .
Nominet , which is the first constitution to publicly confirm it has been affected by the Ivanti microbe , say it presently has “ no evidence of information rupture or leakage . ” The company add together that it has restricted access to the VPN software while it investigate the incident .
