TrustName customers report domain thefts after ICANN de-accreditation notice

TrustName picked up an ICANN de-accreditation notice last week. Days later, customers report domains leaving their accounts in unauthorized transfers.

Timing like that is not noise. A registrar under a termination order is a weakened target: support staff are distracted, procedures slip, and anyone watching the compliance calendar knows precisely when to attempt a grab.

• The alleged mechanism is the transfer path itself — auth codes, approval links, or the registrar's internal validation. When operations degrade, that path is the first thing to go slack.

• Domain owners should read this as a structural lesson: holdings are only as safe as the registrar's control environment, and a registrar in regulatory freefall is a liability before any theft is proven.

• For those caught in it, the practical move is immediate: freeze every domain, verify auth codes, and demand written confirmation before ICANN's process drags on.

ICANN may restore the domains. The damage to TrustName's credibility is already beyond recovery.