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Re: [ga] Massive Number of GoDaddy WordPress Blogs Hacked
- To: Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, info@xxxxxxx, dave.piscitello@xxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [ga] Massive Number of GoDaddy WordPress Blogs Hacked
- From: "Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:00:07 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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<P>Dr. Joe and all,</P>
<P> </P>
<P> Yes, a good point and one that seems to be missed by many most
especially our governmental</P>
<P>leadership and LEA's far too often. Seems also that ICANN's SSAC
oversight of especially</P>
<P>GoDaddy, and to a lessor degree Google also is playing a detremental role
here as well.</P>
<P>I guess the User/consumer community is left with the hope that ICANN's SSAC
will wake</P>
<P>up and get on this promptly and/or that the appropriate LEA's, the current
administrations</P>
<P>cybersecurity czar will take swift, appropriate, and effective action
accordingly. Of course,</P>
<P>I am not holding my breath in the waiting...</P>
<P> </P>
<P> In the mean time, avoiding all things Google and GoDaddy would seem
to be a wise</P>
<P>and appropriate means for users/consumers to proceed and adjust regarding
their</P>
<P>online activities. Currently the transmitting of GoDaddy blogs at a
minimum will</P>
<P>no longer be permitted on any of our networks, nor any of our INEGroup
network</P>
<P>providers networks until GoDaddy can show clearly that they have addressed
this</P>
<P>problem effectively and the SSAC will certify same.<BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff
2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Joe Baptista
<BAPTISTA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR>Sent: Apr 27, 2010 9:31 PM <BR>To: "Jeffrey A.
Williams" <JWKCKID1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR>Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
imatx26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, icann-board@xxxxxxxxx, jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx,
compliance@xxxxxxxxx, rod_beckstrom@xxxxxxxxx, avri@xxxxxxx, benl@xxxxxxxxxx,
schneier@xxxxxxxxxxxx, eddan@xxxxxxx, fbi.dallas@xxxxxxxxxx,
ssene@xxxxxxxxxxxx, galvord@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gwen@xxxxxxx,
larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lauren@xxxxxxxx, lehto.paul@xxxxxxxxx,
robert.smith1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxx, stephen@xxxxxxxx,
monitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tracyhackshaw@xxxxxxxxx,
public.information@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Kimberly.Peretti@xxxxxxxxx, vint@xxxxxxxxxx
<BR>Subject: Re: [ga] Massive Number of GoDaddy WordPress Blogs Hacked
<BR><BR>oye vey goy vey - what a world. this world has become very insecure and
very dependent on an even more insecure technology.<BR><BR>thats not
good.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Jeffrey A. Williams
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
target=_blank>jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><BR>All,<BR><BR>See:<BR><A
href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1527215/Massive-Number-of-GoDaddy-WordPress-Blogs-Ha";
target=_blank>https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/04/26/1527215/Massive-Number-of-GoDaddy-WordPress-Blogs-Ha</A><BR>and<BR><A
href="http://blogcastfm.com/announcements/warning-massive-number-of-godaddy-wordpress-blogs-hacked-this-weekend/";
target=_blank>http://blogcastfm.com/announcements/warning-massive-number-of-godaddy-wordpress-blogs-hacked-this-weekend/</A><BR><BR>A
nasty little exploit has hit a large number of GoDaddy-hosted<BR>WordPress
blogs this weekend. The best part is that the exploit only<BR>executes when the
traffic is referred by Google, making it the sort of<BR>thing that site
maintainers won't easily notice. Clever and devious.<BR><BR> It is
becoming more evident as has been warned before that GoDaddy<BR>and the Google
connection demonstrating a significant disregard for<BR>their customers and
users privacy and security remains prevalent<BR>and not dealt with by ICANN,
Google, nor GoDaddy. But I suppose<BR>that given GoDaddy is the #1
revenue provider of ICANN's Registrars<BR>little by ICANN to correct this
ongoing problem will be effected<BR>effectively, if at
all...<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jeffrey A. Williams<BR>Spokesman for INEGroup
LLA. - (Over 294k members/stakeholders and growing, strong!)<BR>"Obedience of
the law is the greatest freedom" -<BR> Abraham Lincoln<BR><BR>"Credit
should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very<BR>often the
accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt<BR><BR>"If the probability be called P;
the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability<BR>depends upon whether B is less
than L multiplied by<BR>P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."<BR>United States
v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir.
1947]<BR>===============================================================<BR>Updated
1/26/04<BR>CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS.
div. of<BR>Information Network Eng. INEG. INC.<BR>ABA member in good
standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail <A href="mailto:jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";
target=_blank>jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx</A><BR>Phone:
214-244-4827<BR><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<P>Regards,<BR><BR>Jeffrey A. Williams<BR>Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over
294k members/stakeholders and growing, strong!)<BR>"Obedience of the law is the
greatest freedom" -<BR> Abraham Lincoln<BR><BR>"Credit should go
with the performance of duty and not with what is very<BR>often the accident of
glory" - Theodore Roosevelt<BR><BR>"If the probability be called P; the injury,
L; and the burden, B; liability<BR>depends upon whether B is less than L
multiplied by<BR>P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."<BR>United States v.
Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir.
1947]<BR>===============================================================<BR>Updated
1/26/04<BR>CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS.
div. of<BR>Information Network Eng. INEG. INC.<BR>ABA member in good
standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<BR>Phone:
214-244-4827<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>
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