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Baidu.tw hacked to show Google?

Jan 13, 2010

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Not sure what this means, but when I go to baidu.tw, Google’s homepage appears. Has someone hacked the page to support Google in their stance against the Beijing government?

UPDATE: Robin Wauters of Techcrunch did the legwork on this and found that someone Baidu has not been hacked in Taiwan. The site Baidu.tw is NOT owned by Baidu. Someone was just playing a number on Baidu (and me!).

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  1. Hi Thomas, does Baidu.tw really belong to Baidu?

    Posted by Jason Zhan Jia | January 12, 2010, 11:51 pm

  2. I don't know, that is why I am asking. Kevin Huang says Baidu's regular site is taiwan.baidu.com. Not sure who owns baidu.tw

    Looking at the registry information it is someone in China who has held it since 2005.

    Posted by thomascrampton | January 13, 2010, 12:01 am

  3. http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:4qdHQewi7V...

    cached page of baidu.tw

    Posted by woojamer | January 13, 2010, 1:19 am

  4. Belongs to this person
    zheng
    xiaodo xiaodo zxd625@21cn.com
    +86.75583146589
    +86.75583146590
    Shenzhen,Guangdong,China Shenzhen,Guangdong,China
    sz, gd
    CN

    Posted by gorumors | January 13, 2010, 1:50 am

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  12. Did the Google hack the website ? very curious abut that.

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  13. Baidu.tw wasn’t hacked to show Google, doesn’t even belong to Baidu.

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