ICANN Announcements

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ICANN's Email Service Restored

20 July 2024

1:21 UTC: ICANN’s email service has been restored and all email-dependent services have resumed. As previously announced, ICANN’s external email vendor was affected by the recent global IT outage. ICANN appreciates your patience and understanding for any delays that may have occurred during this unforeseen incident.

About ICANN

ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.