Microsoft: Faked web site report was a hoax
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Microsoft and news network CNN said they were hit by a hoax on Monday after a faked Web page erroneously reported the software giant had agreed to buy the video game operations of French conglomerate Vivendi Universal. The hoax Web site, which Purdue University in Indiana confirmed came from its Internet address, was designed to look like a CNN report and circulated on the Web among video game industry watchers on Monday. It was not immediately clear what the student's motivation was.
"Any purported press release or news story appearing on a Web site is a hoax," Microsoft said. The site was taken down just before 4 p.m. EST, a Purdue university spokeswoman said.