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Interesting article in Smart Company today https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/cyber-security/news-bruce-billson-auda-cutoff/
Basically the vast majority of small business owners who have a website, have no idea what's coming.
It means that anybody with an Australian connection can register the .au version of your name. And then exploit you for $'s according to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson.
In other words it's the biggest potential cyber squatting event in the history of the internet.
It's lucky auDA members are only liable for $10.
Basically the vast majority of small business owners who have a website, have no idea what's coming.
It means that anybody with an Australian connection can register the .au version of your name. And then exploit you for $'s according to the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson.
“The consequences of not registering your existing business name by this deadline could be catastrophic for a business if a rival or someone else took their online name,” Billson warned.
After this date, anyone can purchase the domain name and begin stealing traffic, impersonating the original site, or demand dollars."
In other words it's the biggest potential cyber squatting event in the history of the internet.
It's lucky auDA members are only liable for $10.