GoDaddy says it's investigating the breach and working with law enforcement, who have told the company that the hackers’ “apparent goal is to infect websites and servers with malware for phishing campaigns, malware distribution, and other malicious activities.” The company says it became aware of the intrusion in December 2022 when customers-the company hasn't said how many-began reporting that their websites were being mysteriously redirected to other domains. GoDaddy revealed in a statement on Thursday it had discovered that hackers inside its systems had installed malware on its network and stolen parts of its code.

Hackers Ran Amok Inside GoDaddy for Nearly 3 Years Chainalysis found that one token creator was responsible for at least 264 successful pump-and-dumps last year. The creators of these tokens hype them to draw in buyers, then sell off all their holdings once the value rises, thus tanking the price and leaving investors holding crypto that is suddenly worth nothing. Speaking of bogus investments, 24 percent of new crypto tokens that gained any value in 2022 were pump-and-dump schemes, according to new findings from the cryptocurrency-tracing firm Chainalysis. This week we detailed new techniques that criminals are using to drain people’s bank accounts through social engineering and legitimate-looking financial apps that are designed to trick targets into giving the scammers their cash under the guise of bogus investments. Meanwhile, the rise of pig butchering scams has left an increasing number of victims financially destitute-and the scammers are only growing more sophisticated. Web hosting company GoDaddy this week confessed to something even worse: A group of hackers it had repeatedly spotted inside its network had returned-or never left-and have been wreaking havoc in its network since at least March 2020, despite all the company's attempts to expel them. Discovering that hackers have had stealthy access to your corporate network for three years is bad enough.

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