"Our services are now back to normal, we are no longer redirecting DNS traffic," she said. "It was helpful because it allowed our customers to manage their accounts while we restored services. We thank Verisign for their assistance today."

GoDaddy, one of the largest domain name registrars, manages some 48 million domain names and has more than 9.3 million customers. A member of the hacking collective Anonymous took credit for the takedown, claiming it was in retaliation for the company's support at one time for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The company later its position.

The person, who goes by @AnonymousOwn3r on Twitter, for the attack. The person was the subject of both admiration and invective on Twitter, as the attack caused significant disruptions.

by Netcraft, an Internet security and monitoring services company in Bath, England, showed the GoDaddy.com domain was offline for a few hours on Monday afternoon, although it appeared to be recovering.