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washiku		#1 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 11:24:14 AM
Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095		http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000081625&story_title=Kenya-Google-Kenya-hacked A needy child's education depends on you. Click here to assist
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elder1981		#2 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 1:06:27 PM
Rank: New-farer Joined: 10/23/2012 Posts: 28		Sasa tuko digital. It will even become worse as we expose pri kids with laptops The Main thing is making the Main thing the Main thing.
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Elder3		#3 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 1:54:30 PM
Rank: New-farer Joined: 4/9/2013 Posts: 12		I thought Google Kenya always loads with a https:// and not www.google.co.ke as portrayed in the screenshot? Budget phones \| Mid range phones \| High end phones
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Museveni		#4 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 3:58:40 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/16/2012 Posts: 660		The company that hosts the DNS service - translation of www.google.co.ke and other domain names to ip addresses e.g http://74.125.28.94 - is the one that was compromised not google Kenya. Here is a 'polished' version of what is happening: Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn hacked in Kenyan DNS hijack Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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masukuma		#5 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 4:12:15 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi		its not a hack but rather a hijack! All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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quicksand		#6 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 9:04:22 PM
Rank: Veteran Joined: 7/5/2010 Posts: 2,061 Location: Nairobi		masukuma wrote: its not a hack but rather a hijack! Changed AA entries in the dns server, ...to split hairs
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symbols		#7 Posted : Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:57:14 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 3/19/2013 Posts: 2,552		Google wrote: We're sorry... ... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now. Google is getting on my nerves.
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