Libya's Top Level Domain Name Registry Hacked

 By 
Stan Schroeder
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Libya's Top Level Domain Name Registry Hacked
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The front page of Nic.ly currently sports these messages: "HACKED By Electr0n" and "bye bye Qadaffi."

This hack sounds minor compared to the problems the country is facing, including heavy fighting in Tripoli, the country's capital. However, it's interesting to note that the TLD .ly is used by several popular web services, including URL shorteners Bit.ly and Ow.ly, which appear to have been unaffected by the hack.

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