Washington: Millions of websites associated with GoDaddy.com have been hacked, with a twitter apparently associated with hacker group Anonymous taking responsibility.
The site confirmed on Monday on its Twitter account (@GoDaddy): “Status Alert: Hey, all. We’re aware of the trouble people are having with our site. We’re working on it.”
On Twitter, user @AnonymousOwn3r writes, “the attack is not coming from Anonymous coletive [sic] , the attack it’s coming only from me” and that the action is being carried out “to test how the cyber security is safe and for more reasons that i can not talk now.”
GoDaddy was the target of protests after the company supported controversial US bills the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), which if approved would have greatly changed the US government’s ability to monitor the Internet
Other social media accounts affiliated with Anonymous have not confirmed the validity of the alleged culprit’s claim, RT reported.
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