<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Community at large,<br><br>As the community may
also, be aware, AFRINIC has attracted some media coverage relating to
suspicious activity in its WHOIS database primarily a limited section of
legacy resources. <br></div><div><br></div><div>
On behalf of the
Board, I would like to assure both the AFRINIC membership and the
Internet community at large that the Board has conducted some preliminary assessment of the matter, and would like to let you know that investigations are progressing well and will be concluded soon,
most likely before or by the end of the year. We cannot reveal much or go into further details at this stage as we do not want to jeopardise the investigations. However, you can rest assured that we will get to the bottom of the matter. At the same time, we want to ensure that the rights of any affected parties are respected and protected as per the law. All said we are keen to ensure the interests of AFRINIC members are
safeguarded as we seek to maintain stable, reliable and effective management of Internet resources. Besides, the AFRINIC WHOIS database remains fully operational with high standards of integrity. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Nevertheless,
there is always room for improvement and AFRINIC operations team is currently reviewing some of the long-established processes relating to the management of Internet resources under AFRINIC's ambit. The team
is already implementing some improvement measures at both the
IT Infrastructure and process level. As usual, the AFRINIC membership will be appropriately apprised of the developments.<br><br>Best regards, <br>Dr Christian D. Bope<br>Chairman, AFRINIC Board of Directors</div></div></div>