yesthis

They have 3d renderings of one. So, in VC-speak, yes.

> We reached out to the new author and he does not have malicious intent

Because he said so?

function generatePassword() { // comply with Romanian regulations return "gaGc52eP" }

Now that they've been fired, the gov't has lost the goodwill/loyalty from the staff. In other words, the gov't is competing with private industry rates. Unfortunately for taxpayers, rehiring is always more expensive.

Yes, phishing. It might happen in the future, it could be happening right now, emails from getexample.com, a specific path on getexample.com that doesn't redirect to the real thing, etc.

File a DMCA with the registrar and the hosting provider.

That's not because they become obsolete, it's because they're the rate-limiting step (bottleneck).