There is no silver bullet for preventing opportunistic attacks, and every new defense, such as registry locks, might create a potential new weakness. Security expert: “Whenever you centralize all of your security around fewer gatekeepers, you have the opportunity of a denial of service” The New York Times also subscribed to a registry lock service, which resembles a credit card fraud alert. Such services cost as little as $50 per year, and are available from VeriSign and NeuStar.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/lessons-learned-from-n-y-times-hack-attack