By CNET News.com staff, 9 May 2005 10:10
NEWS Google's website was inaccessible for a brief time on Saturday and some visitors reported being rerouted to another site, leading some to believe that the search giant had been hacked.
The site was down from 15:45 to 16:00 (PST), according to a Google spokesperson.
"It was not a hacking or a security issue," the spokesperson said. The problem was related to the DNS (Domain Name System), which translates domain names for computers, he added.
"Google's global properties were unavailable for a short period of time. We've remedied the problem and access to Google has been restored worldwide."
Rumours that the site was hacked began when visitors were reportedly rerouted to SoGoSearch.com.
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1. Jamie Bishop
It doesn't surprise me, Google has been systematically removing succesful publishers from it's payroll for a while now. Expect to more disruptions as some people attempt to satisfy their anger against them!