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Why is my DigitalOcean account locked?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 2:12 pm

DigitalOcean is a cloud computing platform provider. They offer a wide range of products, and their platform is used by organisations of all sizes to create, deploy, and manage their cloud infrastructure.

On February 16th, 2017, DigitalOcean announced that they had been the victim of a data breach. As a result, they have locked down all of their accounts that were impacted by the breach.

PRO TIP: If your DigitalOcean account is locked, it may be because you have violated our Terms of Service or because we have detected unusual activity on your account. If you believe your account has been locked in error, please contact us.

The breach affected all of DigitalOcean’s users, regardless of whether or not they had ever used their account to deploy a cloud application. All of their user data, including their account details, was compromised.

DigitalOcean has since worked with the relevant authorities to investigate the breach and protect their users. They have also launched a security awareness campaign to warn their users about the dangers of online data breaches.

In conclusion, DigitalOcean has taken a number of steps to protect their users and ensure that the data breach does not result in further damage. Their account lock-down is one of these steps.

Drew Clemente

Drew Clemente

Devops & Sysadmin engineer. I basically build infrastructure online.