A group called KDMS Team claimed credit for taking over the Web site of the popular messaging service. October 8, 2013 2:40 AM PDT Some visitors to the WhatsApp Web site on Tuesday, October 8, saw this page instead. (Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET) The Web site of WhatsApp, a widely used messaging app, appeared to have been hacked Tuesday. The site showed a pro-Palestinian message at 2:40 a.m. PT Tuesday and was given the title "You Got Pwned." KDMS Team claimed credit for the attack. Related stories LG G2 moves buttons to the back WhatsApp passes 300M active users, adds voice messaging How to get new Google Maps features WhatsApp to charge iPhone users annual subscription According to the Whois database, which can be used to see what numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned to a given Internet domain, the whatsapp IP address record was changed on Tuesday. Such a change, made through the Internet's Domain Name Service (DNS) system, is one way that users who typed in the whatsapp.com name would be redirected to a different Web site. It wasn't immediately clear if there were any problems with WhatsApp's customer data or services. CNET contacted the company for comment and will update this story with its reply. WhatsApp is used to send billions of messages a day using mobile apps. The full view of the site that some visitors to the WhatsApp Web site saw on Tuesday. (Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)
A group called KDMS Team claimed credit for taking over the Web site of the popular messaging service.
Some visitors to the WhatsApp Web site on Tuesday, October 8, saw this page instead.
(Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)
The Web site of WhatsApp, a widely used messaging app, appeared to have been hacked Tuesday.
The site showed a pro-Palestinian message at 2:40 a.m. PT Tuesday and was given the title "You Got Pwned." KDMS Team claimed credit for the attack.
Related stories
- LG G2 moves buttons to the back
- WhatsApp passes 300M active users, adds voice messaging
- How to get new Google Maps features
- WhatsApp to charge iPhone users annual subscription
According to the Whois database, which can be used to see what numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address is assigned to a given Internet domain, the whatsapp IP address record was changed on Tuesday. Such a change, made through the Internet's Domain Name Service (DNS) system, is one way that users who typed in the whatsapp.com name would be redirected to a different Web site.
It wasn't immediately clear if there were any problems with WhatsApp's customer data or services. CNET contacted the company for comment and will update this story with its reply.
WhatsApp is used to send billions of messages a day using mobile apps.
The full view of the site that some visitors to the WhatsApp Web site saw on Tuesday.
(Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)
