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How to Recover Stolen Domain Name

It is scary to think that someone can take control of a domain so easily. As David Airey shows, it may take a few days, but it is quite possible to recover control on a domain which is hijacked while you remain the owner

1. Sign up on the registrar which now holds the domain, Godaddy in our example (you could be liable for the account).
2. Download and fill out a paper form Undo of Change. Sign the form.
3. Make a copy of your identity card or driving licence.
4. Scan and send them as attachments via e-mail.

This document allows to cancel the transfer of registrar if it is under way, or to give control on the domain otherwise. Note that it will take longer if the transfer is complete rather than under way.

If the cracker has managed to become owner of the domain, a procedure with ICANN will be necessary, it is longer.

How not to have a domain name stolen

1. Avoid also to use as a contact, an email address displayed on the site or easy to guess, such as the name of the site associated with the name of the service as your-website@gmail.com or your-website@hotmail.com.
2. Unless the hacker have chosen your email by chance, the task is made more difficult if the contact emails are hidden in the whois. We must also avoid to use for contacts e-mail accounts which offer an opportunity to redirect emails according to a filter, to another e-mail account, as happened in this case. Verify in the panel of the account.
3. We must never to stay connected on an e-mail account and load a Web page. This rule applies more generally to any service that requires a login and a password.
4. Do not install the GreaseMonkey plug-in for Firefox which allows scripts to run directly in the browser. The use of webmail (managed on the server) could facilitate piracy. The use of software such as Thunderbird in secure mode (SSH) would be more secure.
5. You can also use a POP account that is offered by most hosts and registrars for contacts.