"GoDaddy Announces Data Breach"
Data belonging to up to 1.2 million WordPress customers has been exposed in a security incident at GoDaddy. The domain registrar web-hosting company said on Monday that an unauthorized third party had gained access to its systems by exploiting a compromised password. The investigation into the incident found that the unauthorized third party had been able to access WordPress customers’ data since September 6. The intrusion was not detected until last week. During the investigation, it was determined that the unauthorized third party gained access to email addresses and customer numbers belonging to Managed WordPress customers with active or inactive accounts. The details of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) private keys belonging to an unspecified number of active customers were also exposed to the unauthorized third party.