Go Daddy blames phishing (not security hole) for some sites pushing malware

On Friday, we wrote about how cybercriminals altered the DNS records of Go Daddy sites to serve up malware that demands ransom from victims. The company said it wouldn’t be able to get back to us till Monday, and now it has, mainly to say it is not at fault.

Here’s the full statement, courtesy of Scott Gerlach, Go Daddy’s Director of Information Security Operations: