GoDaddy data breach affects nearly 1.2 million WordPress users
The attacker used a compromised password to access the company's provisioning system for Managed WordPress
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The attacker used a compromised password to access the company's provisioning system for Managed WordPress
GoDaddy said email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorised third-party access.
Web hosting giant GoDaddy confirms that a data breach has affected about 1.2 million of its active and inactive Managed WordPress customers, according to an 8-K
In a blog post, GoDaddy's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Demetrius Comes said that they've discovered unauthorised access to its managed WordPress servers.
Web registrar and hosting company GoDaddy announced Monday that email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers were accessed by an unauthorized third-party using a compromised password.