MySpace's usual homepage was replaced this evening with a puzzling message, leading many (including this reporter) to initially believe the site may have been hacked. That apparently was not the case.

Visitors to the social network were greeted by a largely blank page topped with the browser title bar that read "All is wrong Sad tearing" where the MySpace name would normally appear. In the upper left of the normally vibrant page was the message: "We messed up our code so bad that even puppies and kittens may be in danger. Please turn back ...now." It was followed up with the message, "* Have your pet spayed or neutered" in the lower right.

A few minutes after being accessed by CNET and contacted for comment, MySpace's page was replaced with the message, "The service is unavailable," only to be replaced again with the original message.

More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20091537-93/

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