Migrants to IJ, 2007

Also, this may be why that change wasn't publicized (because even if it's good for some of us, it's bad for others.)

Me, I'm just glad those ancient hotmail accounts are gone :/

IF your journal is hacked, I'm assuming you could go through LJ support if you had proof of ownership (i.e. if you had a paid account in the past with billing information attached to it) but honestly, it's still LJ we're talking about -- it's never going to be completely 100% secure. Backups are still the only way to go.