123 Reg

British domain registrar and web hosting company January 2022 January 2022 123 Reg File:123 Reg logo 2025.svg 2000 Hayes, England Domain Registrar Web hosting SSL certificates small businesses GoDaddy 51–200 (February 2020)https://www.linkedin.com/company/123-reg-co-uk/about/ 123-reg: About LinkedIn 2020-02-11 123 Reg is a British domain registrar and web hosting company, founded in Britain in 2000 and now under the ultimate ownership of GoDaddy. The company claims to be the UK's largest 123 Reg https://www.123-reg.co.uk/best-uk-domain-registrar/ 123-reg.co.uk 8 January 2022 8 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220108115608/https://www.123-reg.co.uk/best-uk-domain-registrar/ live accreditedhttp://www.nominet.uk/registrar-list/ Registrar List - Nominet Nominet en-GB 2016-03-22 23 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014737/http://www.nominet.uk/registrar-list/ live domain registrar and provides Internet services to small- and medium-sized businesses. From 2003 to 2017, 123 Reg was part of Host Europe Group (HEG). In April 2017, American hosting company GoDaddy acquired HEG for 1.69 billion euros ($1.82 billion).https://www.reuters.com/article/us-host-europe-loans-idUSKBN13V194 GoDaddy to buy Host Europe for $1.82 billion 2016-12-06 Reuters 2020-02-11 en 2 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170502083401/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-host-europe-loans-idUSKBN13V194 live History 123 Reg was founded in Britain in 2000 by Jonathan and Tim Beresford-Brealey, who prior to this had also set up Webfusion Internet Solutions Ltd in 1997.http://www.mondaq.com/x/8750/Ecommerce/Notts+Internet+Company+Acquired+By+Plc Notts Internet Company Acquired By Plc. - Information Technology and Telecoms - UK www.mondaq.com 2016-03-22 In 2003, 123 Reg and Webfusion were acquired by Host Europe Group (HEG). 22 August 2011 Host Europe swoops for Heart Internet https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/57741-host-europe-swoops-heart-internet 2020-02-11 Insider Media Ltd en 10 March 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230310223505/https://www.insidermedia.com/news/midlands/57741-host-europe-swoops-heart-internet live In 2004, Host Europe Group was bought by Pipex Communications for £31.2mRichardson Tim Pipex acquires Host Europe for £31m https://www.theregister.com/2004/04/02/pipex_acquires_host_europe/ 2023-05-12 www.theregister.com en 26 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250126140951/https://www.theregister.com/2004/04/02/pipex_acquires_host_europe/ live and 123 Reg became the UK's largest domain registrar, according to the company's parent.https://www.heg.com/ Welcome to HEG HEG en-GB dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190928214745/https://www.heg.com/ 2019-09-28 2016-03-22 In 2009, Host Europe Group organised its UK operations under the Webfusion Ltd group but kept both brands.https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05306504 123-REG LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) beta.companieshouse.gov.uk en live https://web.archive.org/web/20200211023155/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/05306504 2020-02-11 2020-02-11 The same year, Webfusion became the first UK web host to offer Windows Server 2008 web hosting, and the company opened a £2.5 million data centre in Leeds.https://www.domaininformer.com/news/press/090220123reg.html DomainInformer : Webfusion opens new £2.5m UK data centre www.domaininformer.com 2017-06-08 21 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170921095114/https://www.domaininformer.com/news/press/090220123reg.html live Also in 2009, 123 Reg became the first UK domain registrar to have 2 million domain names on register. In 2010, Webfusion Ltd was included on The Sunday Times's list of Britain's fastest-growing private-equity backed companies, the Deloitte Buyout Track 100, and was the only hosting company on the list.https://www.webfusion.co.uk/company/awards/ Awards Find out more About Webfusion UK Ltd Webfusion www.webfusion.co.uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130709215405/https://www.webfusion.co.uk/company/awards/ 2013-07-09 2017-06-08 In 2012, it became the first UK domain registrar to have 3 million domain names on register. On 16 April 2016, 123 Reg admitted a major deletion of a large number of virtual private servers (VPSs) caused by an error during what should have been routine maintenance.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36072240 Web host 123-reg deletes sites in clean-up error reporter Chris Foxx Technology BBC News 18 April 2016 2016-04-24 19 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180919104810/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36072240 live The event deleted hundreds of websites, with users losing sites and access to data on their VPS service. By 24 April, the situation was still ongoing. During this period, 123 Reg had a further data breach, with customers being able to see the support tickets of other account holders.http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/leadership/risks/5953/exclusive-123-reg-suffered-serious-security-lapse-while-deleting-67-servers Exclusive: 123-reg suffered serious security lapse while deleting 67 servers Cloud Pro 21 April 2016 2016-04-24 In April 2017, American hosting company GoDaddy acquired 123 Reg's parent company, HEG, for 1.69 billion euros ($1.82 billion). References External links Category:Companies based in the London Borough of Hillingdon Category:Cryptography Category:Domain name registrars Category:Web hosting Category:Internet properties established in 2000