The Dallas Cowboys' official website went AWOL on Wednesday night, with visitors being directed to the home page of the San Diego Chargers.
If you go to the @dallascowboys website right now, it shows info for the @Chargers pic.twitter.com/bMa5psHEi5
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 22, 2015
This is what the @dallascowboys website looks like right now....@Chargers ??? pic.twitter.com/hwMlVXlWg4
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) January 22, 2015
Some began to wonder if the Cowboys had been hacked ...
http://t.co/ZFlLapdFQG has been hacked! #NorthKoreaLovesTheChargers ??? @NFL #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/jOKyFEsh51
— MyFellowTexans (@MyFellow_Texans) January 22, 2015
So it seems someone hacked the Cowboys website to redirect to the Chargers page
— Joe Szymaszek (@texanbadger13) January 22, 2015
But, as it turns out, the issue was the result of a Domain Name System (DNS) glitch. DNSs translate domain names into IP addresses.
@AlBoeNEWS Just a DNS glitch. All fixed. No hack.
— San Diego Chargers (@Chargers) January 22, 2015