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Google.com.pk and 284 Other .PK Domains Hacked

Posted by Soulskill on from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

ryzvonusef writes with news that hackers have taken down the local Pakistan versions of many popular websites, including google.com.pk, apple.pk, microsoft.pk and yahoo.pk. 284 sites were affected in total. Many of the sites were defaced, and a group called Eboz is taking credit for the hack. According to TechCrunch, "The root of today’s attack, it seems, came via a breach of Pakistan’s TLD operator, PKNIC, which administers and registers all .pk domains. Looking at affected organizations via PKNIC’s look up, it appears that all the sites are now redirecting to two nameservers, dns1.freehostia.com and dns2.freehostia.com."

2 of 35 comments (clear)

  1. Its the TLD that was hacked by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Blame the TLD operators, dont name google,etc who had no role in the hack

  2. Taken down and defaced? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm not great at networking knowledge, but if you simply redirect to a new IP, is the site really defaced?