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What’s with this page? Looks like it was hacked.
I found this link here:
[engadget.com...]
Interesting.
[google.com...]
Only explanation I had was my browser was up with a cached IP from the last time it resolved Googles DNS so I was seeing everything perfectly fine while wifey still got errors.
Oh well, accellerate that.
The world's leading internet search engine shut down from 6:45 to 7 p.m. eastern time, according to Google spokesman David Krane.
"It was not a hacking or a security issue," said Krane. He said the problem was related to the DNS, or Domain Name System, though Krane did not elaborate. The DNS translates domain names for computers.
"Google's global properties were unavailable for a short period of time," Krane said. "We've remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored worldwide."
$ whois google.com
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to [internic.net...]
for detailed information.
Server Name: GOOGLE.COM.SUCKS.FIND.CRACKZ.WITH.SEARCH.GULLI.COM
IP Address: 80.190.192.24
Registrar: KEY-SYSTEMS GMBH
Whois Server: whois.rrpproxy.net
Referral URL: [key-systems.net...]
Server Name: GOOGLE.COM.HAS.LESS.FREE.PORN.IN.ITS.SEARCH.ENGINE.THAN.SECZY.COM
IP Address: 209.187.114.130
Registrar: INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
Whois Server: whois.itsyourdomain.com
Referral URL: [itsyourdomain.com...]
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admitting you got hacked it's bad for business. If you're hiring at MIT and have bazillions of PHDs, (regular) people assume that you're unhackable. Now with all the privacy issues, this is even worse. Bad timing for G.
However, Krane indicated that the company is treating it as a DNS issue. Problems at this level would almost certainly involve someone accessing one of the main servers and reassigning Google's address to a third party. (my bold)In 2003 a sustained denial of service attack partially shut down many parts of the DNS system, and last month the National Academies Research Council warned that the system is in need of an urgent upgrade.
[technewsworld.com...]