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A new WordPress plugin vulnerability has been discovered that could allow an attacker to gain access to a site’s administrator login page.

The vulnerability exists in the popular WPS Hide Login plugin and was discovered by a user with the handle thalakus who posted a brief description of the issue on WordPress.org’s support forum. 

Wall Street brokerages predict that GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE:GDDY) will post $970.53 million in sales for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Seven analysts have provided estimates for GoDaddy’s earnings. The highest sales estimate is $973.60 million and the lowest is $968.27 million. GoDaddy reported sales of $873.90 million in the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year-over-year growth rate of 11.1%. The firm is expected to issue its next earnings results on Thursday, February 10th.

On average, analysts expect that GoDaddy will report full year sales of $3.77 billion for the current financial year, with estimates ranging from $3.76 billion to $3.77 billion. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the company will post sales of $4.16…

The domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy has revealed that it suffered a data breach in which the user data of 1.2m of its customers may have been accessed.

In a filing with with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company’s chief information security officer Demetrius Comes explained that an “unauthorized third party” had gained access to its managed WordPress hosting environment.

The domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy has revealed that it suffered a data breach in which the user data of 1.2m of its customers may have been accessed.

In a filing with with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company’s chief information security officer Demetrius Comes explained that an “unauthorized third party” had gained access to its managed WordPress hosting environment.

Web hosting giant GoDaddy has reported a data breach with U.S. financial regulators, and warns that data on 1.2 million customers may have been accessed.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, GoDaddy’s chief information security officer Demetrius Comes said the company detected unauthorized access to its systems where it hosts and manages its customers’ WordPress servers. WordPress is a web-based content management system used by millions to set up blogs or websites. GoDaddy lets customers host their own WordPress installs on their servers.

GoDaddy said the unauthorized person used a compromised password to get access to GoDaddy’s systems around September 6. GoDaddy said it discovered the breach last week on November 17. It’s not clear if the compromised…