GoDaddy Transfers 27-Year-Old Domain to Stranger Without Documentation, Causing Outage
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The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
A story about Flagstream Technologies, an IT firm, whose client had a domain name seized by GoDaddy without warning after 27 years of use. The domain was transferred to a stranger without any documentation or verification. All email and websites went dark, and GoDaddy's tech support told the company to wait for four days before informing them the domain was no longer theirs. The article details the lack of security protocols and the devastating impact on the business.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWhat would you do if your organization had used a domain name for 27 years, and the registrar holding the domain seized it without any advance warning?
All email and websites went dark. The company's tech support spent four days telling you to 'Just wait, we are working on it.'
On the fourth day, the company informed you that someone else has the domain now, and it is no longer yours.
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