Hackers stole GoDaddy ‘s source code and installed malware in a multi – year hack
Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach in which unknown attackers stole source code and installed malware on its servers after hacking into the cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack.
While GoDaddy discovered the security breach following customer reports in early December 2022 that their sites were being used to redirect to random domains, the attackers had access to the company’s network for years.
“Based on our investigation, we believe these incidents are part of a multi-year campaign by a sophisticated group of threat actors that, among other things, installed malware on our systems and obtained pieces of code related to certain services within GoDaddy,” the hosting company said.
The company says previous breaches disclosed in November 2021 and March 2020 are also linked to this multi-year campaign.