BREAKING: GoDaddy’s DNS Servers Go Down, Taking Thousands of Sites With It

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GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar and one of the biggest web hosts, is experiencing major downtime.

The main GoDaddy.com domain is unreachable and websites hosted by GoDaddy are also down. The more problematic part is that any domain registered with GoDaddy that uses its nameservers and DNS records are also down. That means that even if you host your site elsewhere, using GoDaddy for DNS means it is inaccessible.

On Twitter, Anonymous Own3r — the security leader of Anonymous — is taking personal responsibility for the attack.
Linda Bernstein@wordwhacker10 Sep 12
Is this true? Go Daddy is down. Is it Anonymous?#TangoDown -- godaddy.com | by @AnonymousOwn3r |


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Anonymous Own3r@AnonymousOwn3r
@wordwhacker nah it's not Anonymous coletive the attack is coming just from me
10 Sep 12​


Although not directly involved, Anonymous has also tweeted its support.


Also on Twitter, GoDaddy said that it is “aware of the trouble people are having with our site” and that it is working on getting things fixed.

Reports on Hacker News also indicate that GoDaddy’s phone support is also down.

Article from: http://mashable.com/2012/09/10/godaddy-down/
 
doing it to "alert them"... :scratches: He just took down endless sites that have nothing to do with godaddy
 
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Mashable now has this:

As soon as GoDaddy returns, you might be interested in switching to a new registrar. This is how:

Step 1: Go to "Domain Management"​

Login to your GoDaddy account and head to the "Domain Management" section.



This will open up a page that allows you to manage your various domain names.
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Step 2. Check Domain Lock Status​

Next to listed domains are various icons that allow users to access certain domain features.



Hover over the "lock" icon to see the status of your domain. If you domain is locked, follow the next step.
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3a. Unlock Domain Name​

Domain names are locked by registrars by default so that nefarious parties can't transfer a domain out from under the real owner.



However, in order to transfer a domain to a new registrar, you must first unlock the domain.
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3b. Unlock Domain Name​

Uncheck the box next to "lock domains" and select OK.
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4. Get Your Authorization Code​

After unlocking your domain, the next step is to get the authorization (sometimes called an AUTH, ACK or EPP code) code to bring to your new registrars.



Click on the domain name you want to transfer and on the "Domain Details" page, scroll to where it says "Authorization Code: Send by Email."



Select this option and then check your email account for an authorization code from GoDaddy. You can now give this information to your new registrar.


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or use another dns service. He hasn't released his motive, yet he claimed he would a few hrs ago
 
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Probably to show that GoDaddy isn't as secure as people think. Seems to be what people from Anonymous do...show that you're not safe
 
I'm guessing it has more to do with SOPA support by godaddy, but idk.
 
there are quite a few other dns services out there for free as well. Google started this in 09 I guess
 
Thankfully none of our clients called us in a panic. Some of them have their domain name hosted with godaddy but everything else is external
 
heads up
godaddy is claiming they weren't hacked etc... and the person responsible is mildly upset at their press statement. He's saying he may have to take it down again to prove a point. He's already defaced pages of godaddy's main site today I guess.
 
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Go Daddy Site Outage Investigation Completed
Yesterday, GoDaddy.com and many of our customers experienced intermittent service outages starting shortly after 10 a.m. PDT. Service was fully restored by 4 p.m. PDT.
The service outage was not caused by external influences. It was not a "hack" and it was not a denial of service attack (DDoS). We have determined the service outage was due to a series of internal network events that corrupted router data tables. Once the issues were identified, we took corrective actions to restore services for our customers and GoDaddy.com. We have implemented measures to prevent this from occurring again.
At no time was any customer data at risk or were any of our systems compromised.
Throughout our history, we have provided 99.999% uptime in our DNS infrastructure. This is the level our customers expect from us and the level we expect of ourselves. We have let our customers down and we know it.
We take our business and our customers' businesses very seriously. We apologize to our customers for these events and thank them for their patience.
- Scott Wagner Go Daddy CEO

Contact
Elizabeth Driscoll, VP Public Relations
480.505.8878
PR@GoDaddy.com
 
godaddy just fixed the latest hack he did to deface their website. He said he's working on the next hack, and "it's only a matter of time". I would get your dns out of there
 
he just tweeted "51 vulnerabilities found on godaddy's servers"

another posted that the motive behind this hack was because of godaddy's support of SOPA
 
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