As I wanted to set up my new blog, I found that past me already created a repo on GitHub for it. There was only an index.html with the words “Hello world!”. So far, so good. But when I used my custom domain name, I ended up on some vague gambling site, which was definitely not mine. Was I hacked? How was this possible, I set up 2FA everywhere?!

First I checked at my domain hosting provider (Hover). Everything looked normal there. And the direct link to my GitHub Pages looked fine too. I noticed that the custom domain name in the settings of my blog’s repo wasn’t filled in, so I did that, but couldn’t save my changes. That domain name was already taken. WHAT?! This is my domain!

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Today I set up my new blog. While doing so, I found that my custom domain redirection was hacked. Also, I’m afraid that tomorrow I don’t remember how to do this anymore. Maybe I’m getting too old for this.

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