GoDaddy the latest cyber attack victim, with malware installed and source code stolen.

GoDaddy, the massive web hosting group boasting 21 million customers, has found itself at the centre of a multi-year breach that has affected customers in several ways leaving the following to be compromised…

• Email addresses
• WordPress Admin passwords
• sFTP
• Database credentials
• SSL private keys of a subset of active clients

Previous breaches as far back as November 2021, which saw 1.2 million WordPress passwords become compromised, have said to be related to the most recent breach.

As well as this malware was installed on to GoDaddy’s system’s along with source code being stolen.

More can be read here https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/godaddy-hackers-stole-source-code-installed-malware-in-multi-year-breach/

Having a good backup and being able to recover quickly has never been more important and hackers can walk through your security like a hot knife to butter.  Firewalls,  Network Packet sniffers and email protection aren’t worth the paper your invoice was written on. The hackers can get through easily.

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