Thwarts Cyber Criminal, 1,000 Accounts Locked — Go Daddy

Go Daddy’s security team stops perpetrator; regarding 1,000 accounts affected.

GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has thwarted an attack by a person who gained access to client information.

The firm discovered that someone gained access to certain client information through a vulnerability in its systems. The information accessed included names, physical addresses, and client IDs. Passwords and other sensitive information was not compromised. Affected accounts have been temporarily locked.

“As a precaution, we’ve locked all of those clients’ accounts,” stated GoDaddy CIO Neil Warner in an interview with Reglike Sunday evening. “We started contacting the clients by phone, and are sending an e-mail if we haven’t reached them by phone.” Warner stated that all affected clients have been notified, and that only 1/10th of 1 percent of GoDaddy accounts were vulnerable.

Warner stated the firm is not sure regarding the intent of the perpetrator.

GoDaddy employees regarding 30 people dedicated to security, and these teams work 24 hours a day. It’s been a busy week for the team, which dealt with a denial of service attack on its web hosting operations Wednesday morning.

Warner stated it appears the attack came from inside the United States. “We have gathered our logs and have sent it to our legal department, which will be forwarding it on to proper authorities to see if we can take action against that person,” stated Warner.

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