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GoDaddy is one of the largest domain registrar and web hosting platforms.
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The story so far: On 16 February, an unauthorised third-party gained access to GoDaddy servers in its cPanel shared hosting environment, the company shared in a blog post. Attackers installed malware on servers causing intermittent redirection of customer websites to malicious sites leading to increased chances of successful phishing campaigns. Attackers also obtained pieces of code related to some services used by the company.

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GoDaddy is one of the largest domain registrar and web hosting platforms. The company offers services like eCommerce solutions, SSL certificates, professional business emails, web servers, and website builders. Its WordPress shared…

GoDaddy data breach overview: 

• Who: GoDaddy has revealed that it suffered a multiyear data breach that the hosting company is linking back to previous data breach disclosures in March 2020 and November 2021. 
• Why: GoDaddy is attributing the data breach to a multiyear campaign conducted by bad actors they believe are intentionally targeting hosting services. 
• Where: Consumers nationwide use GoDaddy. 

GoDaddy has revealed it suffered a multiyear data breach in which unknown hackers stole source code and installed malware on the company’s servers. 

The hosting company has attributed the security incident to a breach of its cPanel shared hosting environment by a “sophisticated and organized group targeting hosting services like…

GoDaddy also faced security events from 2020 to 2022, which it shared were carried out by the same attacker.
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An unauthorised third party gained access to GoDaddy, a web host, domain registrar and website building platform’s, servers in its cPanel shared hosting environment and installed malware causing intermittent redirection of customer websites, the platform shared in a blog post.

The breach was first discovered in December 2022 after the platform investigated customer complaints about their sites being used to redirect to random domains.

The company claims that a sophisticated threat actor group, among other things, installed malware on its systems and obtained pieces of code related to some services in the Dec. 2022 attack.

The company also…