The majority of high risk point-of-law (POLs) in domain arbitration relate to brand targeting, which has grown at a rate of +11% since 2011. That said, 2.4% of high risk POLs are related to security targeting and three of these POLs have grown consistently and significantly in the last decade: +52% identity theft, +116% email fraud and +27% phishing.
The industries most affected by these cases are: pharmaceuticals, fashion, technology, retail and financial services.
Analyzing the TLDs of the domains that were involved in the cases, legacy gTLDs were most prevalent, followed by ccTLDs, with new gTLDs least prevalent.
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