ICANN Contractual Compliance Metrics October 2022 to September 2023

Registrar Obligations: Abuse Complaint Type Detail

The chart below provides details concerning the complaints submitted to ICANN Contractual Compliance under Section 3.18 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. This chart includes the number of complaints received and the type of abusive activity allegedly associated with the domain name(s) subject to the complaint (the “Complaint Categories”). The complaint categories are selected by the complainant with the submission and are not determined by ICANN Contractual Compliance. One single complaint can include more than one complaint category (e.g., one abuse complaint that involves a domain name that is allegedly used for phishing and to support a botnet infrastructure may result in two complaint categories). Therefore, the sum of all selected complaint categories will not necessarily equal the total number of abuse complaints received within the month. Where the alleged abusive activity does not correspond to any of the specific complaint categories in the chart, the complainant may select the option “Other” (e.g., complaints involving alleged illegal or offensive website content).

OCT 22 NOV 22 DEC 22 JAN 23 FEB 23 MAR 23 APR 23 MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 AUG 23 SEP 23 Average
Received Abuse Complaints346300372445412676571439372432474507446
Complaint Categories
Pharming, phishing155163172219194444372226177232269269241
Malware, botnet403637736910084654447505358
Spam102755614312734025394918812598133
Counterfeiting4351558084112108705994726675
Fraudulent, deceptive practices165186201269242328291277223289330312259
Pharmaceutical1482140557956463467352140
Trademark or copyright infringement113123128163164204193173154161168177160
Abuse contact / procedures information3043507689121106876497676374
Other47484874719168666685736167

Registrar Abuse Complaint Type Detail for Invalid/Out-of-scope Closed Complaints vs. Complaints sent to Registrars

The chart below provides details concerning invalid complaints received and closed under Section 3.18 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement during the reporting period, as well as those closed after obtaining evidence of compliance from the relevant registrar. The chart breaks down these closed complaints by complaint category. The complaint categories are selected by the complainant with the submission and are not determined by ICANN Contractual Compliance. One single complaint can include more than one complaint category (e.g., one abuse complaint involving one domain name that is allegedly used for phishing and to support a botnet infrastructure may result in two complaint categories). Therefore, the sum of all selected complaint categories will not necessarily equal the total number of abuse complaints received within the month. Where the alleged abusive activity does not correspond to any of the specific complaint categories in the chart, the complainant may select the option “Other” (e.g., complaints involving alleged illegal or offensive website content). ICANN Contractual Compliance does not review the validity of the reported activity (e.g., whether the domain name is, in fact, being used to conduct the reported activity botnet, phishing, etc.). Rather, ICANN Contractual Compliance validates whether the complaint itself falls within ICANN’s contractual scope to address and if so, whether the registrar complied with its obligations under 3.18 of the RAA.

OCT 22 NOV 22 DEC 22 JAN 23 FEB 23 MAR 23 APR 23 MAY 23 JUN 23 JUL 23 AUG 23 SEP 23 Average %
Closed Abuse Complaints378276191575394673551461365518408479439100%
Closed as Invalid31021513749133558747438330944635842837385%
Sent to Registrar6861548459867778567250516615%
By Complaint Category
Pharming, phishing
Closed as Invalid1301097121914037330519014126019123319783%
Sent to Registrar3335355732543645294930333917%
Malware, botnet
Closed as Invalid39341375596256494211851475493%
Sent to Registrar56183423343247%
Spam
Closed as Invalid104612712211830721777831579010312294%
Sent to Registrar6761113123136107586%
Counterfeiting
Closed as Invalid41322593587667564816055606489%
Sent to Registrar881093144981387811%
Fraudulent, deceptive practices
Closed as Invalid1621438930020925022523719432424327222187%
Sent to Registrar3625253417474241333631313313%
Pharmaceutical
Closed as Invalid117536474326323213734173692%
Sent to Registrar15232432323538%
Trademark or copyright infringement
Closed as Invalid98825717712613813913912021913213613084%
Sent to Registrar2922203216352935233312172516%
Abuse contact / procedures information
Closed as Invalid34342583728278666417653566996%
Sent to Registrar32421223514434%
Other
Closed as Invalid4943109362796855598262495992%
Sent to Registrar64835966564358%