Verisign
American Internet company
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| 2023 | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) chose Cloudflare to replace Verisign as the .gov domain operator. |
| December 14 2021 | The Tuvalu Government announced on Facebook that they selected GoDaddy Registry as the new registry service provider, after Verisign did not participate in the renewal process. |
| October 25 2018 | NeuStar, Inc. acquired Verisign's Security Service Customer Contracts, transferring DDoS protection, Managed DNS, DNS Firewall, and fee-based Recursive DNS services customer contracts. |
| 2017 | Symantec sold the previously acquired authentication business unit to DigiCert. |
| 2016 | ICANN chose to continue Verisign's role as the root zone maintainer and entered into a new contract. |
| 2014 | Verisign's share price tumbled following the U.S. government's announcement of relinquishing oversight of the Internet's domain-naming system. |
| March 2012 | The U.S. government asserted its right to seize domains ending in .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and .us if the companies administering these domains are based in the United States, with Verisign as the managing entity for these domain extensions. |
| March 2012 | Verisign executed a court order to shut down Bodog.com, a sports-betting website, despite the domain being registered to a Canadian company, demonstrating the U.S. government's domain seizure capabilities. |
| February 2012 | Verisign publicly revealed the 2010 network security breaches, stating that the Domain Name System was not impacted, but providing minimal details about the data loss. |
| 2011 | Verisign was selected by the General Services Administration (GSA) to operate the registry services for the .gov top-level domain. |
| November 2011 | Completed the move to the new headquarters in Reston Town Center at the end of the month. |
| October 2011 | Verisign made an obscure reference to the security breach in an SEC filing, which was criticized for appearing to attempt to hide the incident. |
| September 2011 | Decided to purchase the Reston headquarters building. |
| July 1 2011 | ICANN extended Verisign's approval to operate the .net domain for an additional six years, extending their management until 2017. |
| 2010 | Signed a lease for 12061 Bluemont Way in Reston, Virginia, which was the former Sallie Mae headquarters. |
| 2010 | Verisign experienced multiple network security breaches, which were not publicly disclosed at the time. |
| 2010 | Verisign sold its authentication services division and relocated from Mountain View, California to Sterling, Virginia, beginning to search for a new permanent headquarters. |
| November 29 2010 | Verisign executed domain seizures for 82 websites under orders from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (U.S. ICE), targeting sites allegedly involved in illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods. This action was performed in Verisign's capacity as a registry operator. |
| August 2010 | Former CFO Brian Robins announced the company's planned relocation from Mountain View, California, to Dulles, Northern Virginia by 2011. |
| August 9 2010 | Symantec completed its approximately $1.28 billion acquisition of Verisign's authentication business, including SSL Certificate Services, PKI Services, Verisign Trust Services, and Verisign Identity Protection Authentication Service. |
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