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Offline Widewing

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Google hacked?
« on: January 31, 2009, 09:06:24 AM »
Did a Google search this morning... Every link directs to a page that says "Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!" There is no option to proceed to the linked page.

We've checked on several machines, from two different locations.


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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 09:15:33 AM »
I believe it is hacked

I did a simple search and went to wikipedia since it was the first link to come up. Said this:

Google     
Error
 

Forbidden
Your client does not have permission to get URL /interstitial?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal from this server. (Client IP address: ********)


They also had the warning message on the search results page
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Offline Widewing

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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 09:16:23 AM »
Well, Google corrected the denial of service attack within 20 minutes... I'm shocked that it happened at all...


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Offline john9001

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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 09:25:07 AM »
yes , same thing just happened to me.
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Offline ROX

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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2009, 09:29:40 AM »
Must be fixed....did about 10 searches as a test, and all worked fine.



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Offline cpxxx

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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2009, 10:43:33 AM »
Well it happened again a hour or two ago. I'd have been worried only the search was for the national TV station. Which I know is only dangerous to watch, not surf. :lol

The DOS attack must still be ongoing.
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 11:02:10 AM »
Oh wow, It's gotta take a botnet the size of Storm to take out Google with a simple DDoS. I gotta hand it to the perp, he's got some big balls (and a bigger botnet).
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2009, 11:32:08 AM »
Quote from: Widewing on January 31, 2009, 09:06:24 AM
Did a Google search this morning... Every link directs to a page that says "Warning - visiting this web site may harm your computer!" There is no option to proceed to the linked page.

We've checked on several machines, from two different locations.


My regards,

Widewing

I noticed the same thing this morning... seems to be working correctly now
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Offline Simaril

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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2009, 12:12:44 PM »
Google says the problem was "human error."

Sounds like at least one human will be looking for work shortly....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7862840.stm
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2009, 12:24:21 PM »
Quote from: Simaril on January 31, 2009, 12:12:44 PM
Google says the problem was "human error."

Sounds like at least one human will be looking for work shortly....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7862840.stm

Ehh.. can you really get fired for that at Google?
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2009, 12:28:38 PM »
Quote from: Nilsen on January 31, 2009, 12:24:21 PM
Ehh.. can you really get fired for that at Google?

Dunno. Maybe they'll just suspend his massage privileges, or make him eat fast food for a month.
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2009, 12:34:04 PM »
Quote from: Simaril on January 31, 2009, 12:28:38 PM
Dunno. Maybe they'll just suspend his massage privileges, or make him eat fast food for a month.

If i was his boss id make a poster saying "Alta Vista employee of the month" with a big picture of him and hang it outside his office :D
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Re: Google hacked?
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2009, 12:38:02 PM »
Quote from: Nilsen on January 31, 2009, 12:34:04 PM
If i was his boss id make a poster saying "Alta Vista employee of the month" with a big picture of him and hang it outside his office :D

Lol!
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