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GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users' data

Reuters
23 Nov 2021 01:09:41 | Update: 23 Nov 2021 10:08:38
GoDaddy security breach exposes WordPress users' data
The company logo and ticker for GoDaddy Inc. is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, March 4, 2019. — Reuters Photo

Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc GDDYN said on Monday email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorized third-party access.

The company said the incident was discovered on November 17 and the third-party accessed the system using a compromised password.

"We identified suspicious activity in our Managed WordPress hosting environment and immediately began an investigation with the help of an IT forensics firm and contacted law enforcement," Chief Information Security Officer Demetrius Comes said in a filing.

The company, whose shares fell about 1.6 per cent in early trading, said it had immediately blocked the unauthorized third party, and an investigation was still going on.

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