[funsec] GoDaddy fights back against a hacker attack that hit 445 web sites

[Joel Esler]

Okay, so where is the "fight back" part of it?


On Sep 25, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/09/23/godaddy-fights-back-against-hacker-attack
> 
> GoDaddy.com Inc,... says it “quickly” removed malicious software code
> that had infected approximately 445 of its clients’ web sites last
> week....
> 
> Hackers had used the usernames and passwords of Go Daddy account
> holders to enter the protected areas of their web sites, then
> installed software code that redirected visitors to a fraudulent web
> site designed to capture consumer account information...
> 
> GoDaddy did not say how many of the infected sites were retail sites.
> 
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