In the course of the past weekend, 28 August the domain data of the Internet auction business, ebay.de, was illicitly changed for a short period of time. For a while, the domain was inaccessible. On Saturday morning, news of this unauthorized change reached DENIC. It reacted straight away and, in accord with eBay, restored the domain data to its previous settings. Since Saturday, DENIC has been investigating this incident in detail. Please refer to our Press Release for further information.