Since August 18, 2026, new legal requirements apply within the EU, aiming to facilitate and speed up cross-border access to electronic evidence used to investigate and prosecute criminal offences. As an online service provider, DENIC is in scope, too.
Elections at the General Assembly led to three changes in the Cooperative's management bodies
Daniel Rink is new chair of the Supervisory Board / Stephan Hageleit, Marco Hoffmann and Christian Müller were newly elected to the Supervisory Board / The honorary members of the Executive Board were confirmed in office
At the end of 2021, a total of 17,160,504 .de domains was recorded in the DENIC database. 1,695,256 of these are held by persons that are resident beyond the German borders. Within one year, the number of international registrations has increased by 244,000, nearly double
Developments in the Internet Governance Environment January to March 2022:
The war in Ukraine has arrived on the Internet. Both sides run cyber attacks. Russian hackers attack critical infrastructures in the Ukraine. The Ukraine has established a "cyber army of volunteers" composed of IT specialists. The Ukrainian Minister
Andreas Musielak from the registry managing the German TLD .de, DENIC eG, was appointed new Chair of the Strategic and Operational Planning Standing Committee (SOPC) of the Country Code Names Supporting Organisation (ccNSO)
Andreas Musielak, member of the Executive Board of the registry managing the German TLD .de, DENIC eG,
Current happenings in the Internet governance context October to December 2021:
Developments around Internet governance confirmed one trend in particular in the fourth quarter of 2021: With Internet-relevant issues such as cyber security or the development of the digital economy becoming ever more fundamental political issues and digitisation increasingly
300 Cooperative Members + 100 Employees + 17 Million Domains = 1 Success Story
DENIC eG – the operator of the German country code .de on the Internet – is turning 25!
* A Key Pillar of the Internet in Germany for 25 Years
* A Critical Cornerstone for the Digitisation of Economy and Society, Amplified under
Christmas is first of all a celebration for children. This year, DENIC once again has devoted its Christmas donations to children and families that are facing difficult situations.
With the associations "Hilfe für krebskranke Kinder Frankfurt e.V." that supports children suffering from cancer and their families, and
The majority of domains classified as malicious fell into the phishing category (73.6 per cent), followed by spam (11 per cent), malware (7.8 per cent), pharming (4.5 per cent) and botnets (3.1 per cent)., 14.10.2026
In August, the ccNSO invited all ccTLD registries worldwide to take part in the third edition of the DNS Abuse Standing Committee (DASC) survey. The survey runs from August to September 2026., 14.10.2026
An EU-wide, uniform legal framework for mandatory direct cooperation between online service providers and law enforcement authorities in EU Member States, 14.10.2026