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Thousands
of websites hosted by one of the world's biggest internet domain registrars and
web hosts, GoDaddy, were reported down on Monday.
"Status
Alert: Hey, all. We're aware of the trouble people are having with our site.
We're working on it," the website host said.
One Twitter
feed allegedly linked to Anonymous claimed credit for a hack but the cause is
far from clear.
GoDaddy
manages millions of websites around the world.
GoDaddy
said on its Twitter account: "So many messages, can't get to you all...
Sorry to hear all your frustration. We're working feverishly to resolve as soon
as possible."
One Twitter
feed, @AnonymousOwn3r, said that "all servers" of Go Daddy had been taken down.
The account
of AnonymousOwn3r identifies itself as the "security leader" of the
group, but said in subsequent tweets that the attack was carried alone and not
on behalf of the organisation.
"it is
not Anonymous coletive it's only me don't use Anonymous coletive name on it,
just my name," the person said in the feed.
Another went: "i'm taking godaddy down bacause well i'd like to test how the cyber
security is safe and for more reasons that i can not talk now."
However,
the Associated Press news agency quoted another Anonymous-associated Twitter
account as accusing the first of taking advantage of a situation it had not
created.
Anonymous
is a loosely organised collective of hackers and hacking advocates.
GoDaddy
provides hosting services around the world and has said it had $1.1bn (£687m)
in sales in 2011.
Attacks by
Anonymous on major sites have become much more common.
In early
June, members of Anonymous staged protests in 16 cities in India against what
they said was internet censorship in the country and in April, Anonymous also
claimed responsibility for defacing almost 500 websites in China.
Lulzsec, an
off-shoot of Anonymous, gained notoriety last year with a string of
high-profile attacks on websites and businesses such as one on Sony Pictures in
which thousands of personal details were published online.
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