Security News > 2021 > November > GoDaddy security breach impacts more than 1 million WordPress users
GoDaddy has been on the receiving end of a security breach that has affected the accounts of more than 1 million of its WordPress customers.
After contacting law enforcement officials and investigating the incident with an IT forensics firm, GoDaddy found that the third party used a compromised password to access the provisioning system in its legacy code base for Managed WordPress.
GoDaddy offers Managed WordPress hosting for customers who want to create and manage their own WordPress blogs and websites.
Apologizing for the breach, Comes promised that GoDaddy would learn from the incident, starting with the company now improving its provisioning system with more layers of protection.
"Any breach is unfortunate, especially where over a million customer records have been potentially compromised," said Javvad Malik, security awareness advocate for KnowBe4.
"Many individuals and small businesses rely on WordPress and GoDaddy to have a web presence, and this kind of breach can have a major impact."
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