staging server compromised

From: william (WILLIAMA) 9 Feb 2017 10:16
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 2 of 6
I live in constant fear that they are going to take over my raspberry pi owncloud server :(

More seriously, will you be staying with Ginormous Hosting Beast of a Gazillion Shared Hosting Accounts? And are you able to give its real name? 

 
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 9 Feb 2017 11:36
To: william (WILLIAMA) 3 of 6
Godaddy

We're not using it much for anything except last resort transfer of really large files since we have a no cap plan. Also for a backup staging server in case our main server (our hardware, our premises) goes down. In this case I was just being lazy since I'd already pointed google analytics at it. Which I suppose is a good thing else I'd have never discovered the problem.
From: william (WILLIAMA) 9 Feb 2017 14:59
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 4 of 6
Still, doesn't fill one with confidence as a customer.

Back when I was gainfully employed, our public service customers all used exclusively in-house or third-party but un-shared servers in un-shared data centres. A good part of the job of the more IT literate management was to resist the incessant and increasing calls from politicians to 'stick everything' on Amazon or Godaddy or IaaS etc. Frightening really.
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 9 Feb 2017 23:45
To: ALL5 of 6
Anyone wilfully using GoDaddy for any purpose deserves what they get.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)10 Feb 2017 02:04
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 6 of 6
Yeah probably. Yo mama.