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Google's Kenyan domain hacked
washiku
#1 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 11:24:14 AM
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elder1981
#2 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 1:06:27 PM
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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.
Elder3
#3 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 1:54:30 PM
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I thought Google Kenya always loads with a https:// and not www.google.co.ke as portrayed in the screenshot?
Museveni
#4 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 3:58:40 PM
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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.
masukuma
#5 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 4:12:15 PM
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its not a hack but rather a hijack!
All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
quicksand
#6 Posted : Monday, April 15, 2013 9:04:22 PM
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masukuma wrote:
its not a hack but rather a hijack!

Changed AA entries in the dns server, ...to split hairs smile
symbols
#7 Posted : Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:57:14 PM
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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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