Official Google Blog Hacked

The official Google Blog was hacked by a unknown hacker and he made a fake post that Google has decided to discontinue Adwords Click to Call project. Funniest of all, its immediate previous post was about Google’s Security Stance

Post made by the Hacker: “After conscientiously considering, Google has decided not to continue with Google Click-to-call project. The project has been in the media on last days because of the notice of Google agreement with e-Bay. We finally consider click-to-call agreement with e-Bay a monopolistic aproach that would damage small companies in the CRM area.”

Google’s Reply: “A bug in Blogger enabled an unauthorized user to make a fake post on the Google Blog last night, claiming that we’ve discontinued our AdWords click-to-call test. The bug was fixed quickly and the post removed. As for the click-to-call test, it is progressing on schedule, and we’re pleased with the results thus far.”

This is not the first time Google Blog got hacked, earlier in March Google Blog was accidentally deleted. This raises concerns about Blogger’s security. If your still hosted on Blogger, maybe you need to switch over to some other blog host like Wordpress. Nothing beats a self hosted blog !