Disgruntled ex-CEO allegedly hijacked domain name, caused $1M in damage and tried to sell it for $6.6M: lawsuit
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A former CEO allegedly hijacked his ex-company's domain, causing over $1M in damages and attempting to sell it for $6.6M, leading to a lawsuit.
Source: New York Post
A disgruntled ex-CEO locked his former video game studio out of its own website, knocked employees offline and triggered more than $1 million in alleged losses — then put the domain up for sale for $6,666,666, a new lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, accuses former That’s No Moon Entertainment CEO Michael Mumbauer of seizing control of company-owned domains years after he was fired for cause (in 2022). “At 6 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2026, Defendant hijacked ThatsNoMoon.com,” the complaint states. The sudden shutdown left the studio effectively paralyzed, cutting off communications with investors, business partners and job candidates, and visitors who tried to log on to ThatsNoMoon.com were redirected to a Swiss travel site, according to the lawsuit. That’s No Moon Entertainment Inc. launched in 2021 with a $100 million investment from Smilegate Entertainment, a global game development company based in Seoul, South Korea. Full Story