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.
Probably better to just do it in Greenland.