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Those details were then passed on to the country's internet service providers so that anyone in Pakistan attempting to go to YouTube was instead re-directed to a different address.
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But the details of the "hijack" were leaked out into the wider internet by Hong-Kong based provider PCCW and as a result YouTube was mistakenly blocked by other ISPs around the world.
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A statement from Google said that the problems lasted for "about two hours".
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A statement from Google said that the problems
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"Traffic to YouTube was routed according to erroneous internet protocols, and many users around the world could not access our site," it said.
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