ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a fairly large domain name registrar in Asia.
WebNic has about 500,000 .com domain names under management in addition to domains in other extensions.
ICANN says the registrar is not complying with Section 3.18.2 of the registrar accreditation agreement, which addresses DNS abuse mitigation.
The organization said Webnic failed to follow appropriate steps when receiving DNS abuse complaints.
Read more at Domain Name Wire.
According to the notice:
“If WebNic fails to timely cure the violations explained in this Notice of Breach and provide the information requested by 19 August 2025, ICANN may commence the RAA [Registrar Accreditation Agreement] termination process.”
ICANN would then follow certain procedures to transfer domain registrations to an accredited registrar. Individuals and entities will not lose their domains if WebNic is de-registered.