HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainAuthenticationCredentialsPIIHighActive

GODADDY.COM, LLC

bd_3e5542056436e29f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 17, 2021

Filed

Nov 23, 2021

To disclose

6 days

Affected · nationwide

1,200,0009,581 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for GODADDY.COM, LLC →5 incidents on file

GoDaddy.com, LLC reported a cybersecurity incident to Washington AG. Unauthorized access occurred starting Sept 6, 2021, via compromised credentials. Discovered Nov 17, 2021. Up to 1.2 million Managed WordPress customers affected; 9,581 in WA. Exposed data included usernames, passwords, customer numbers, emails, and SSL private keys. Notifications sent Nov 22, 2021. Investigation ongoing.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d6 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 72 days

discovery → filing · 6 days

Sep 6, 2021

Begins

Nov 17, 2021

Discovered

Nov 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_456458c31f5bae592021-11-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_a6095fa3a10ef9aa2021-11-23Verified
Oregon State AGbd_a90e27d49b0061c62021-11-23Verified
Delaware State AGbd_dd928eec9ec08ec92021-11-22 · +1dVerified

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Delaware State AGbd_ce4d3aa13640ac942021-11-07 · +16dCandidate

Name: GODADDY.COM, LLC
norm: godaddycom
Domain: godaddy.com

Name: GODADDY.COM, LLC
norm: godaddycom
Domain: godaddy.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Nov 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 6, 2021
Undetected for: 72 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,200,000state + nationwide
Data types: CredentialsPII
Data elements: Unique private keyUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Blocked the third party from its systems
Reset affected customers’ passwords
Rekeying and installing all affected SSL certificates
Providing customers with free DV SSL certificates for one year
Contacted law enforcement
Engaged an IT forensic firm to assist
Changes made: Reset affected customers’ passwords
Rekeying and installing all affected SSL certificates
Providing customers with free DV SSL certificates for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 days(6 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Delaware State AGNov 7 · first

Delaware State AG+15d

California State AG+16d

Maine State AG+16d

Oregon State AG+16d

Washington State AG+16d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (DE), last Nov 23 (WA) — a 16-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM11279.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 23, 2021
Raw hash: 997e2543e1882148e799bcf0d6cbd6b24c45d5bc8db2764f924aba66870f1dd4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGODADDY.COM, LLC

Victim entityGODADDY.COM, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2021

Stated responseBlocked the third party from its systems

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com