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GoDaddy gets hit with AI-driven CyberAttack ~ First of its kind ~

JasonMJasonM Member
edited 4:30AM in News

Just got an e-mail from GoDaddy that on September 18th they got hit with ai-driven cyber attack for users using their website builder (websites + marketing) product. third party obtained profile and setting information, including any contact information you supplied for publication on your website, from an application programming interface (API).

Here is the full email received today on October 28th:

Here is what you need to know.
On September 18, we experienced an AI-driven cyberattack that resulted in exposure of information about your Websites + Marketing (W+M) product. Specifically, the third party obtained profile and setting information, including any contact information you supplied for publication on your website, from an application programming interface (API).

Based on our investigation, the third-party activity was limited to reading the above-mentioned data and the third party did not obtain your password, access your account, make changes to your website or take any other action affecting your account or products. Your information was exposed as part of the first known AI-driven cyberattack against our company. We detected the incident on September 19 and responded immediately.

We defended against the attack and prevented interruption of our services or impact on customer environments. We have also taken necessary actions to further defend and protect against such AI-driven attacks in the future. We believe the incident is now contained. We reported the incident to law enforcement, engaged cybersecurity experts, and worked with industry partners to stop the activity. We voluntarily notified the Federal Trade Commission and data protection authorities in the UK and EU.

What you can do. Because the third party may have obtained your email address and other contact information, it's worth staying alert. If you receive a message or call and aren't sure it's from GoDaddy, go directly to our website and log in. We will never contact you to request your password, payment details, or verification codes by email, text, or phone. We also strongly recommend turning on two-step verification (2SV), which helps keep your account protected even if someone tricks you into sharing your password. You can find instructions for setting up 2SV in your GoDaddy account. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

just heads-up if anybody on LET using their site builder.

It seems domain, hosting, ssl customers are not affected.

Go-Daddy gets hit with CyberAttack more reasons to avoid godaddy. find godaddy alternatives which are secure

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Comments

  • aphexaphex Member

    We detected the incident on September 19 and responded immediately

  • so painful to read. fix your formatting man

  • JasonMJasonM Member

    @aphex said: We detected the incident on September 19 and responded immediately

    but communicated customers one month later. :# >:)

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