[kictanet] Fw: Google Kenya DNS hijack

[Mark Mwangi]

works fine for me. seems like it is specific to certain ISPs


On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 7:05 PM, John Kariuki <
ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I have seen a message similar to the one below on www.standardmedia.co.kearticle ID=2000081625.Is any lister aware of the problem.
>
> John Kariuki.
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>  ----- Forwarded Message -----
> **
> This is the message that some internet subscribers in Kenya are receiving
> while they tried to access the www.google.co.ke page. Some Pakistani
> leets (word used in the computer community for knowledgeable person or well
> versed in some computer hacks) claim to be behind this. This occurred today
> during the WestGate siege.
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> I asked some people in Nairobi to confirm this. Some subscribers using
> cellphones could access it. I am not sure who is affected and who is not at
> the moment.
>
> Someone should take a look at this.
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> Regards
>
> George Ng'ethe
>
> M.Sc. Computer Science
> ICT4D Research Centre
> University of Cape Town
> Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

markmwangi.me.ke
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