ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) – the organisation responsible for allocating domain names and IP addresses for the Internet – has been hacked, potentially compromising its customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/17/icann_hacked_admin_access_to_zone_files/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/17/icann_hacked_admin_access_to_zone_files/