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Go Daddy: Network Issues, Not Hacks Or DDoS, Caused Downtime

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-a-random-internet-person-said-otherwise dept.

miller60 writes "GoDaddy says yesterday's downtime was caused by internal network problems that corrupted data in router tables. 'The service outage was not caused by external influences,' said Scott Wagner, Go Daddy's Interim CEO. 'It was not a 'hack' and it was not a denial of service attack (DDoS). ... At no time was any customer data at risk or were any of our systems compromised.' The outage lasted for at least six hours, and affected web sites and email for customers of the huge domain registrar."

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  1. Re:Not so sure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because someone on twitter said that they did it and everyone believed them?

  2. Another KKR debacle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Disclaimer: I work for a company that got "bought out" by KKR, just like GoDaddy.

    Since KKR bought them out, GoDaddy has jacked up their prices (to make up for the billions I'm sure KKR "leveraged" out of GD for their execs and shareholders), took a pro-SOPA and PIPA stance (which garnered them a bit of a boycott), and is now having infrastructure problems. I haven't heard, but I'd bet there were layoffs and some brain-drain shortly after the KKR mafia took over.

    Go figure.

    If you own stock in a company that is being eyed by KKR (think: Bain Capital) dump it quick. If you're a customer, make plans to jump ship.

  3. 99.999% Doesn't mean what you think it means by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    They were down for 6 hours but still claim 99.999% uptime. But unless they have been around for more than 57 years, I dont' see how that is possible. Wonder what funky math they use to back up that number.
      https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=5+hours+%2F+(1-99.999%25)