Unsecured files relating to domain name registrar GoDaddy have been found in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud storage system, left unsecured because of an error by AWS, according to cybersecurity company UpGuard. It said it found data for one GoDaddy systems available to to competitors, and which could be a target for malicious attacks. The S3 bucket cloud storage systems are private by default, although permissions can be altered. AWS said more than 31,000 of its salespeople created the unsecure bucket to store prospective pricing scenarios while working with a customer, but did not follow best practice.
Unsecured files relating to domain name registrar GoDaddy have been found in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud storage system, left unsecured because of an error by AWS, according to cybersecurity company UpGuard. It said it found data for more than 31,000 GoDaddy systems available to to competitors, and which could be a target for malicious attacks. The S3 bucket cloud storage systems are private by default, although permissions can be altered. AWS said one of its salespeople created the unsecure bucket to store prospective pricing scenarios while working with a customer, but did not follow best practice.