Microsoft wasn't believed to be hacked but instead the reasons for
the limited access were due to a misconfiguration of their DNS servers
or router that serves the traffic for said DNS servers.  See the
article below

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4583218.html?tag=unkn


On 24 Jan 2001 20:33:49 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Greg Smythe")
wrote:

>No it hasn't. It's always been like that, it's a problem with the way whois
>works. Do a whois on aol.com...
>
>Check out:
>www.securiteam.com/securitynews/Spoofing_whois_information__Was__Is_Microsof
>t_com_safe_.html
>
>for more info.
>
>Greg
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Allen May" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:43 PM
>Subject: whois microsoft.com
>
>
>Quick!  do a whois no microsoft.com.  It's been hacked ;)
>
>
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