@haikushack They are terrible, and so bad I had to blog about it. They almost seem to be shielding the pirates.

https://jackyan.com/blog/2023/03/pirates-must-love-godaddy/

Thank you for empathizing with my situation. It happened one other time many years ago with another Chinese website except that time it was hosted in China. I had to get a Mandarin-speaking friend to help get it removed and it took months.