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GoDaddy (Though Sucuri) Spreads Misinformation About Recently Fixed Vulnerabilities in All in One SEO

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A month ago, GoDaddy was in the news after announcing a data breach of information for customers using their managed WordPress hosting service. What was lacking in the coverage of that is that GoDaddy owns a major web security provider, Sucuri. It seems like if a web host owns a major security provider they should have a good handle on security, not fail to handle the basics, as the breach showed.

For those knowledgeable about security, the apparent incongruity really wasn’t surprising, since Sucuri has always been run by people that don’t seem to have much grasp on security. That could be seen again in a post earlier this week about vulnerabilities recently fixed in a popular WordPress plugin, All in One SEO. [Read more]