Google and Lenovo Sites Hit By DNS Hijack

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When I first heard about this I thought it all seemed a little too easy, or was it!

The redirection of both Lenovo’s website and Google’s main search page for Vietnam this week highlights weaknesses with the Internet’s addressing system.
On Wednesday, visitors to lenovo.com were greeted with what appeared to be webcam images of a bored young man sitting in a bedroom, and the song “Breaking Free” from an old Disney movie. On Monday, Google’s site for Vietnam also briefly redirected people to another website.Google and Lenovo Sites Hit By DNS Hijack [pcworld.com]

The domain name records for both companies were modified to redirect to different websites when people entered “lenovo.com” and “google.com.vn.”

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Well there's a compelling reason for HSTS. The spoof would fail after an SSL handshake.