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== Issues == A few months after opening the registry to the general public, .pw became the target of spammers. [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] released two reports in April and May 2013 claiming that domains under .pw TLD were a significant source of [[spam e-mail]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rise of .pw URLs in Spam Messages |url=https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/rise-pw-urls-spam-messages |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415082512/https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/rise-pw-urls-spam-messages |archive-date=15 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2017 |website=Symantec Security Response}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=.pw URLs in Spam Keep Showing Up |url=https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=f749d46a-cd27-4407-aeb1-7458a88215fb&CommunityKey=83a670da-6a1e-4351-8526-762091d56362&tab=librarydocuments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415082407/https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/pw-urls-spam-keep-showing |archive-date=15 April 2019 |access-date=2 April 2017 |website=Symantec Security Response}}</ref> Directi responded that it had zero tolerance for spam and would be deleting domains accused of violating its anti-abuse policy.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 May 2013 |title=Directi fighting "massive" .pw spam outbreak |url=http://domainincite.com/12895-directi-fighting-massive-pw-spam-outbreak |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916094200/http://domainincite.com/12895-directi-fighting-massive-pw-spam-outbreak |archive-date=16 September 2016 |access-date=13 September 2017 |website=Domain Incite}}</ref> In 2016, the [[Anti-Phishing Working Group]] stated that the [[.cc]], [[.com]], .pw, and [[.tk]] domain names account for 75% of all malicious domain registrations.<ref name="crime">{{Cite web |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/02/1082798/tiny-pacific-island-global-capital-cybercrime/ |language=en-US |title=How a tiny Pacific Island became the global capital of cybercrime |first=Jacob |last=Judah |date=2023-11-02 |accessdate=2023-11-10 |website=[[MIT Technology Review]] |publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}</ref> <!--==Accredited registrars== A list of accredited registrars is available on [http://registry.pw/list-of-registrars registry.pw]. -->
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