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    Was Google Hacked?

    By Joel, 10:20 PM on Sat May 7 2005, 569 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)

    om_googlehack.jpgGoogle says no, that it was just a DNS glitch. Then why was there another search engine showing up?

    This one demands an in-depth press release, I'd say.

    Google Hacked? No DNS Glitch says Google [GigaOm]

    Update: The consensus seems to be that someone else exploited a DNS mistake on Google's part. So not a hack, per se, but a 'taking advantage of.' Sister LifeHacker has a few more details.
    Google unreachable for 15 minutes [LifeHacker]

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