..and how it was done.

They appear to have omitted to take even the most basic steps to lock the domains down when creating them. Compare

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:Boyyc-xwKPQJ:www.who.is/whois-net/ip-address/icann.net/+whois+icann.net&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk&client=firefox-a

with

http://www.who.is/whois-net/ip-address/icann.net/

>>>Before:

Registry Whois

Domain Name: icann.net

Status: clientTransferProhibited

Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.

Whois Server: whois.register.com

Referral URL: http://www.register.com

Expiration Date: 2013-12-07

Creation Date: 1998-09-14

Last Update Date: 2008-03-24

Name Servers:

a.iana-servers.net

b.iana-servers.org

c.iana-servers.net

d.iana-servers.net

ns.icann.org

>>>After:

Registry Whois

Domain Name: icann.net

Status: clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited

Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.

Whois Server: whois.register.com

Referral URL: http://www.register.com

Expiration Date: 2013-12-07

Creation Date: 1998-09-14

Last Update Date: 2008-06-27

Name Servers:

a.iana-servers.net

b.iana-servers.org

c.iana-servers.net

d.iana-servers.net

ns.icann.org

>>>Note the change in the status line.