I had read a bit about this as a warning in December, looks as though it is
happening now!
There is, what appears to be a solution (maybe?) in the NY Times article.



posting from Windsor Maine;
Steve Hoad



Purloined Domain Name Is an Unsolved Mystery
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
In the latest case of Internet names being hijacked,
panix.com saw its name slip out of its control and become
the center of a cyberhunt to get it back.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/technology/18domain.html?th


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