Cyber Intelligence

Hackers hijack Google domains after breaching ccTLD registries

Medium Severity Africa Ghana
Date Occurred Oct 07, 2026 20:50 UTC
Event Type Cyber Intelligence
Source BleepingComputer
Recorded Oct 07, 2026
Full Description

Hackers obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains and hijacked domains in the country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) for Ghana, American Samoa, and Sierra Leone after compro

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hijack-google-domains-after-breaching-cctld-registries/
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Ghana flag Ghana
Region Africa
Capital Accra
Population 2,439,389
GDP / Capita $2200.0
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Event Metadata
  • ID #37542
  • Type Cyber Intelligence
  • Region Africa
  • Severity Medium
  • Indexed Oct 07, 2026
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