The details of hundreds of websites hosted on Godaddy were compromised in a cyber attack.
The attackers used a compromised password and gained access to the provisioning system and breached the system.
The attack compromised the user information of more than 1 million users of GoDaddy.
Source: https://www.komando.com/security-privacy/godaddy-data-breach/817070/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/godaddy
"id": "god153630322",
"linkid": "godaddy",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '1 million',
'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'GoDaddy',
'type': 'Web Hosting Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised Password',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1 million',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['User Information']},
'description': 'The details of hundreds of websites hosted on GoDaddy were '
'compromised in a cyber attack. The attackers used a '
'compromised password and gained access to the provisioning '
'system and breached the system. The attack compromised the '
'user information of more than 1 million users of GoDaddy.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['User Information'],
'systems_affected': ['Provisioning System', 'Websites']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Compromised Password'},
'title': 'GoDaddy Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Compromised Password'}