Google.ps domain was hacked • Hacker News Board

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

#11

Post by sp332 » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:41 PM UTC

jedisct1 wrote: post #8

google.ps has not been hacked. The .ps registry was. Google DNS servers have been changed to omar.genious.net and hamza.genious.net

If they hacked the .ps registry, did they redirect any other sites?

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by gokulk » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

pmelendez wrote: post #7

[deleted] wrote: post #5

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why? I think the post is very relevant

relevant to? google maps being more sensitive & accurate? DNS hijacking and bigger companies protecting their trademarks better? I dunno.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by sp332 » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

lars wrote: post #9

AgLiAn wrote: post #4

More details here http://hak-it.blogspot.ro/2013/08/google-palestine-hacked.ht...

Doesn't look like a fake defacement, google.ps has looked like google since 2009 according to archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20090812080241/http://www.google....

Right, but someone just changed the domain to point to a new IP address. So no one hacked Google's server.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by UVB-76 » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:46 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #13

lars wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't look like a fake defacement, google.ps has looked like google since 2009 according to archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20090812080241/http://www.google....

Right, but someone just changed the domain to point to a new IP address. So no one hacked Google's server.

Exactly. Instead of showing up Google, these hackers (assuming they are indeed Palestinians) have just shown up their own domain registry.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by iancarroll » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:47 PM UTC

ars wrote: post #10

AgLiAn wrote: post #4

More details here http://hak-it.blogspot.ro/2013/08/google-palestine-hacked.ht...

"The page was restored within an hour of defacement." Not it wasn't. It's still hacked for me.

Wait for your DNS to propagate from the hacked server.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by jlgreco » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:49 PM UTC

gokulk wrote: post #12

pmelendez wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why? I think the post is very relevant

relevant to? google maps being more sensitive & accurate? DNS hijacking and bigger companies protecting their trademarks better? I dunno.

> DNS hijacking

You don't see how that might be relevant to this site?

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by baddox » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

jedisct1 wrote: post #8

google.ps has not been hacked. The .ps registry was. Google DNS servers have been changed to omar.genious.net and hamza.genious.net

I think saying "google.ps was hacked" is a perfectly reasonable way to describe what happened.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by untog » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

gokulk wrote: post #12

pmelendez wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why? I think the post is very relevant

relevant to? google maps being more sensitive & accurate? DNS hijacking and bigger companies protecting their trademarks better? I dunno.

Google having their DNS hijacked seems significant.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by math0ne » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

Oh man, imagine the heart attack the engineer who first got this ticket must have had before he realized it was a just a dns hijacking.

Re: Google.ps domain was hacked

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Post by UVB-76 » Mon, Aug 26, 2013, 6:59 PM UTC

baddox wrote: post #17

jedisct1 wrote: post #8

google.ps has not been hacked. The .ps registry was. Google DNS servers have been changed to omar.genious.net and hamza.genious.net

I think saying "google.ps was hacked" is a perfectly reasonable way to describe what happened.

That implies the site itself was hacked, when it was not. It appears the .ps domain registry was hacked.