Hey, Atle Mo here – founder of subtlepatterns.com.
What happened was that some guy some how managed to hijack the domain (ICANN is still working on a report to see what happened). He said he got it legally, but "would be willing to sell it back for €2.000. Right.
So I sent in all the documentation I had to the legal department of Instra, where he moved the domain.
They gave the domain back to me right away, and like I mentioned, ICANN is still working out a few things, but it will be back to my full ownership hopefully within a few weeks.
I can still access the admin site, so it's business as usual.
I'm thankful for all the support I got from Twitter users, email etc. Cheers!
Congratulations for getting the site back. And if I may use the opportunity, a heartfelt "thank you" for providing this resource. It has been ultra-helpful in the past for quick prototyping of good looking web pages.
What happened was that some guy some how managed to hijack the domain (ICANN is still working on a report to see what happened). He said he got it legally, but "would be willing to sell it back for €2.000. Right. So I sent in all the documentation I had to the legal department of Instra, where he moved the domain. They gave the domain back to me right away, and like I mentioned, ICANN is still working out a few things, but it will be back to my full ownership hopefully within a few weeks. I can still access the admin site, so it's business as usual. I'm thankful for all the support I got from Twitter users, email etc. Cheers!