MIT hacked again, URLs redirected
MIT was hacked on Tuesday around noon, with MIT URLs redirecting to a webpage claiming credit for the attack in remembrance of Aaron Swartz.As a result of the hack, people who visited tried to reach MIT over the Internet were redirected to the hacked Web page pictured here: http://goo.gl/kxdm1. The hack affected all names under mit.edu, including web.mit.edu, tech.mit.edu, etc.The hack and subsequent outages were due to a compromise at EDUCAUSE, the registrar that provides information on all .EDU names. A registrar, which allows users to purchase domain names, also specifies the domain name system (DNS) servers for a domain, which convert domain
What the influencers are saying
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Sam Bowne
RT @DarkOperator MIT hacked again, URLs redirected http://t.co/GQQ8z6DZ <--Good explanation of the attack
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George V. Hulme
RT @sambowne: RT @DarkOperator MIT hacked again, URLs redirected http://t.co/GQQ8z6DZ <--Good explanation of the attack
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