Web hosting company GoDaddy reported on Monday (22) that email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive WordPress users have been exposed to unauthorized access by third parties.
The company said the security incident was discovered on Nov. 17 and claimed that third parties accessed the system using a compromised password.
“We identified suspicious activity in our Managed WordPress hosting environment and immediately launched an investigation with the help of an IT forensics firm and contacted law enforcement,” said Demetrius Comes, director of information security, in a statement.
The company, whose shares fell about 1.6 percent in early trading, said it immediately blocked unauthorized access and an investigation is still ongoing.
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