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GoDaddy.com, the largest domain name registrar<\/a> on the Web, has been taken offline, and a self-proclaimed member of the Anonymous hacktivism collective is taking responsibility.<\/p>\n

The administrators of GoDaddy confirmed on Monday that they were suffering from technical issues, which the website TechCrunch reports to be impacting a multitude of websites and their affiliated email accounts that are hosted through the service. Although the company has not discussed the specifics yet, a self-described member of Anonymous says that he or she is responsible, a claim that has not been verified yet.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, user @AnonymousOwn3r writes,\u00a0\u201cthe attack is not coming from Anonymous coletive [sic] , the attack it’s coming only from me\u201d\u00a0<\/em>and that the the action is being carried out\u00a0\u201cto test how the cyber security is safe and for more reasons that i can not talk now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

GoDaddy has tweeted,\u00a0\u201cWe’re aware of the trouble people are having with our site. We’re working on it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

On Friday, it was reported that the White House is preparing to roll out an cyber security Executive Order that will serve as a surrogate until Congress can come to agreement on a bipartisan legislation to protect America\u2019s computer infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, GoDaddy announced that they would be supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, a controversial legislation that if approved would have greatly changed the US government\u2019s ability to monitor the Internet. The company eventually reversed their stance, but not before a massive protest resulted in many of their clients switching to other domain registrars. The boycott reportedly ended with thousands of GoDaddy’s millions of customers, including Wikipedia, cancelling their accounts.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1997, Arizona-based GoDaddy.com is used by millions of customers worldwide, including a large number of small businesses. At 4 p.m. EST, GoDaddy tweeted, “Update: Still working on it, but we’re making progress. Some service has already been restored. Stick with us.”<\/p>\n

Other social media accounts affiliated with Anonymous have not confirmed the validity of the alleged culprit’s claim and have largely distanced themselves from the hack. GoDaddy’s 24-hour tech support telephone line has also been inaccessible during the duration of the outage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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