Baidu is suing U.S. registrar Register.com over a recent DNS records hack, alleging gross negligence.

"As a result of the 12 January hack, surfers hoping to reach Baidu.com were redirected to a site run by the Iranian Cyber Army," writes The Register's John Leyden. "The search engine's Chinese site (Baidu.com.cn) was unaffected by the cyber-assault."

"Baidu said the redirection attack affected its traffic for hours before its records were put straight," Leyden writes.

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