Comments on: Godaddy WP blogs hacked: Cechriecom.com.js.php

By: Sash

Sash — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:29:04 +0000

Wordpress also needs to do a better job in educating it’s end users on why security is as important as blogging about “me”. The amount of improperly secured and maintained WP Blogs out there is frightening and the hackers know it. I’m hesitant to even visit any Wordpress sites after these attacks this past month.

By: gavacho

gavacho — Mon, 03 May 2010 10:10:24 +0000

It’s not just Wordpress, and it’s not just traffic coming from Google. Our Godaddy website was hacked, just like the other reports and it doesn’t use Wordpress or anything similar. It’s just a basic PHP site. And the hack worked even with direct access by typing the URL into the browser. Wordpress should sue Godaddy for blaming them for Godaddy’s security lapse.

By: Patrick Curl

Patrick Curl — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:31:29 +0000

I’m a social media guy – and my sites were hacked as well – second time in a week – we’re trying to get some motion behind godaddy and make them hire some people or do something to make their service more secure. As such I’m starting a Twitter grassroots campaign. I’m no way affiliated w/ the link – but we all need to tweet this message and retweet it as often as possible today – we’re trying to get #ihategodaddy as a trending topic.

The tweet: RT @patrickcurl Customers transferring OUT of GoDaddy QUADRUPLE! http://bit.ly/dvwtoT #ihategodaddy pls RT

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:49:37 +0000

This is why I don’tdaddy…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:56:55 +0000

I spotted this about 2-3 weeks ago.

If i’m not mistaken back in March people started getting redirected by wp on Network Solutions servers

This is a month old!

If they’ve know this for a month (likely more) how can they turn around and say this BS:
” “Measures are in place to protect the overall security of the shared hosting server on which your website resides. The compromise of your account is outside of the scope of security that we provide for you. Virus scans are performed on the content that is hosted, but they may not pick up everything, largely due to the fact that hackers tend to upload custom scripts which are not picked up by traditional malware scanners. ”

If they’ve know for a month, wouldn’t any sane and normal security conscious company have done something long ago in terms of what it is scanning and securing?

Guess not.