Global technology giant Google has been the victim of a cyber-attack. <\/p>\n
On Monday morning, their Kenyan domain google.co.ke did not have the usual doodle and search bar, instead the page splayed a black background \u2018hacked\u2019 stamped in red across it.<\/p>\n
The hacker who identified himself as TiGER-M@TE also said that he was from Bangaldesh, a country in South East Asia.<\/p>\n
When a user visited the page the hacked screen spiraled in as some foreign music played in the background. <\/p>\n
News of the cyber-attack spread on social media causing the site\u2019s to link shoot to the top of the trends. <\/p>\n
Social media users attached screen shots of the site and the images have gone viral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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