Internet overseers seek crackdown on coronavirus website scams

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers called for those issuing website address to vigilantly thwart cyber scams exploiting coronavirus fears. — AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: The agency that oversees online addresses on April 7 called for those issuing website address to vigilantly thwart cyber scams exploiting coronavirus fears.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers took the unusual step of firing off a letter to "registrars" entrusted with the business of issuing website names around the world.