Google's Outage Statement

Google (GOOG) representatives have now officially confirmed that their services were interrupted for a few hours this morning, but that's about all they're willing to say at the moment. Here are their statements in full:

"Earlier today, Google News was temporarily unavailable for many users, from approximately 3:30 AM until around 7:00 AM, Pacific Time. This issue has now been resolved. We know how important Google News hit is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously."

"The issue affecting some Google services has been resolved. We're sorry for the inconvenience, and we'll share more details soon."

Not exactly the most enlightening remarks, but the company is probably still scrambling to figure out just what went wrong in the first place. Which leaves everyone still wondering if the site was hacked. After all, it wouldn't be the first time; TechCrunch reports that hackers, most likely from Pakistan, seized control of Google's Morocco page last week. Hackers also took control of Google's Puerto Rico and Algeria pages last month.

Does someone have it in for Google?