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In a multi-year intrusion, Web hosting platform GoDaddy has revealed that cyber-criminals gained access to its systems, installed malware on its network and stolen parts of its source code.

In order to further investigate the issue, the company said that it is working with multiple law enforcement agencies around the world, in addition to forensics experts.

GoDaddy Targeted by Cyber Criminals

The company said in a statement that “We have evidence, and law enforcement has confirmed, that this incident was carried out by a sophisticated and organised group targeting hosting services like GoDaddy”.

The hackers’ goal was to infect websites and servers with malware for phishing campaigns, malware distribution and other malicious activities. GoDaddy revealed in a US Securities and…

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…

GoDaddy website servers are some of the latest to fall victim to fall victim to hackers seeking to install malware and cause intermittent redirections on customer website.

The website hosting company shared the news in its 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, explaining a “sophisticated threat actor” conducted the hacking campaign for two years.

GoDaddy officials said in the filing, “In March 2020, we discovered a threat actor compromised the hosting login credentials of approximately 28,000 hosting customers to their hosting accounts, as well as the login credentials of a small number of our personnel.”

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