[Pine_Mushroom]

Feel for the guy. I had a couple of long owned domains stolen recently. They were so low value to anyone but me though, it makes me wonder why someone would bother.

[type0]

Newly registered domains don't get the same recognition in search engines as older ones. That's why there's a market for stolen domains, the same is true for social media accounts

[Pine_Mushroom]

True enough. I had been pretty well established in my little niche too.

[CamperBob2]

Scary stuff. How'd the thefts occur, in your case?

[Pine_Mushroom]

Well it was partly my fault for letting a seperate domain expire: someone grabbed it up and started an email with my old address. That old email was the contact for the stolen domain-they seem to have used it to have the password reset, locking me out. I still have the phone I used for 2FA and Godaddy is supposedly investigating, but it's been months and I've pretty much given up hope. They email every 3 days to tell me they haven't got a chance to look into it yet...