How do Internet domain takeovers work?

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I recently disconnected my domain name from the web host for personal reasons, and when I went to reconnect it less than two weeks later I found that the domain was now being used by a casino website despite the fact that I still own the domain name and have sole access to the DNS records. How is this possible?

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Someone might be poaching your domain. Some DNS providers handle unresolvable queries with the appropriate error code. Others, simply send you to a website of their choice, which likely pays an advertising fee. It’s not cool, but common.

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