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Google.com Whois Hacked

Discussion in 'Google' started by goscript, Jan 24, 2007.

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    goscript, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  2. clancey

    clancey Peon

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    I checked out another domain to make sure this was not some kind of gag.

    While it might be Google's domain that got hacked and that might be funny at some level, it points to a significant security problem with domain registry and name server systems.

    Is there more information about what system was compromised; where it was located; and how this was accomplished?

    It is exceedingly scary to think that there are people who could hijack any domain without any difficulty whatsoever.
     
    clancey, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  3. Cypherus

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    That is fake! The google whois is probally built in..
     
    Cypherus, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  4. Dudibob

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    Google was not hacked, they didn't renew the domain by some way and someone else snatched it. Google said 'we have money and lawers' the someone backed down and gave them back the domain
     
    Dudibob, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  5. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    Nothing has been hacked here. Any idiot could do this.

    If I get bored, I'll blog about it, and tell you how it is done. IT IS NOT A HACK!
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    Amazingly, you'll find the same thing for yahoo

    http://whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=yahoo&tld=com

    Believing that "google.com" whois got hacked just shows that you don't really know what a domain name is, as opposed to a subdomain :)
     
    lorien1973, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    echo_unlimited Notable Member

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    I highly doubt that Google didn't renew their own domain name. But I've never seen this before, so you'd have to ask who or where ever the information for whois is located. ;)
     
    echo_unlimited, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  8. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    The first time I did this was in 1998. I did it to rosie.com. It said something like, rosie.com.is.a.big.phat.ass.slob.mia.net

    It's pretty easy to do, and amused me for about 5 minutes one day about 9 years ago. I was bored.
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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  9. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    If you get bored, you too can own yahoo too! It's more fun to own Apple though. How its done.
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  10. dreamsubmitting

    dreamsubmitting Well-Known Member

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    #10
    I dont get any thing like that check here
     
    dreamsubmitting, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  11. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    Use a terminal program or shell and query the whois directly instead of using some hokey whois script web page.
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  12. kh7

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    google.de did change hands for a few hours this week. Google has it back now though.
     
    kh7, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  13. goscript

    goscript Prominent Member

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    You probably think that this would be imposible. Maybie this is a whois.net script bug.. but i remember times when even nasa websites realy got "hacked" and showed on cnn. So.. everything is hackable.
     
    goscript, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    No, this is because they blocked their actual information with private reg etc.
    Also try other sites like paypal, ebay, yahoo you will get similar results.
     
    sukantab, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    this isn't a website, its a whois record.
     
    lorien1973, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  16. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    It is not a bug. It is not a hack. Read my BLOG!!!

    I sometimes wonder if anyone actually reads threads from the beginning anymore. Give me your domain name, and I will do exactly the same. It is not a bug, not a hack, no one has been own3d.

    Someone just created a DNS Server Whois record which is bogus! It's easy.
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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  18. giovanni

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    Evolv5 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the tutorial Mia...I still don't get it :p or NameCheap / GoDaddy are being lame.
     
    Evolv5, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  20. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    It's simple. You just create a bogus name server. It will then show up in the whois.
     
    Mia, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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