The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) have concluded an investigation into the security incident on Tuesday 9th October that resulted in visitors to Google.ie and Yahoo.ie being sent to an Indonesian webserver controlled by hackers. At 12pm today, the IEDR released a statement confirming that the security incident occurred because the Joomla content management system installed on […]
Garda investigate as security incident takes Google.ie and Yahoo.ie offline
The IE Domain Registry have requested assistance from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation after two of Ireland’s most popular websites were taken offline for several hours on Monday afternoon. In a statement, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) confirmed, “There was a security incident on Tuesday 9th October, involving two high profile .ie domains“. The […]
Photos from evening reception to celebrate 150,000th .ie domain
We’ve launched our new website!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of www.DomainRegistrar.ie, a new site from Spiral Hosting dedicated to the promotion of .ie domain names. The site provides assistance with .ie registration, as well as news and promotions. Peter Armstrong, Director of Spiral Hosting said: “DomainRegistrar.ie is our new website dedicated to helping Irish people register .ie domains. […]
Spiral Hosting registers 150,000th .ie domain name
DomainRegistrar.ie are delighted to announce that our parent company Spiral Hosting have just registered the 150,000th .ie domain name for a customer. An event was held by the IE Domain Registry in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin on Thursday night to celebrate. The 150,000th domain was purchased through SpiralHosting.com by registrant Clyde Negosanu of www.localcomputerrepair.ie, serving […]