UPDATED: Hacker Takes Down GoDaddy.com; Local Websites Impacted

Trying to connect to a website today and having problems? It's possible the site you're trying to access was taken down by a hacker earlier today.

A “malicious flood of network traffic” has knocked GoDaddy’s servers offline—rendering GoDaddy’s site, email, and potentially millions of websites registered with the popular Internet service, useless, according to Fox News.

The attack has impacted some local websites.

Stillwater Harvest Fest:

“Someone has too much time on their hands. The Harvest Fest website is down thanks to the people who have hacked into GoDaddy.com. Please don't hesitate to ask us directly any questions or if you are in need of a vendor application!”

The Law Office of Samuel E. Surface, Ltd.:

“Due to the fact that GoDaddy.com is down (i.e. sounds like they might have been hacked) we are temporarily unable to send and receive emails. Add us to the list of millions currently affected by GoDaddy's issues. For the rest of the day, you will need to contact our office by telephone, fax or carrier pigeon.”

As of 5:30 p.m.:

Sam Surface said after his website was down all afternoon, "things seem to working just fine now, thankfully."

Cassie McLemore said she had a total of two sites down today, but both are back online now. Stillwater Harvest Fest is also back online.

Stillwater photographer David Parker said his website is up, but his email through his site isn't getting to him.

The Web hosting company GoDaddy.com took a big hit today from a hacker identifying himself on Twitter as @AnonymousOwn3r. In a tweet the hacker said he wanted to challenge the company's online security and also claimed other reasons he could not disclose.

@AnonymousOwn3r indicated the attack on GoDaddy was him alone and not being carried out by the whole of Anonymous' hacker community.

GoDaddy tweeted they are aware of the problem and are working on resolving the issue.

The incident is being described as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which involves an overwhelming flood of communication that a server can't keep up with, but can be carried out with as few as 50 computers.

 

Has your business or website been impacted? How should people get in contact with you while GoDaddy’s sites are down? Tell us about it in the comment section below.