Search giant, Google has confirmed that it was their first impression that there is an ongoing attack on their data centers when a sudden huge of traffic was observe relating to King of Pop Michael Jackson.

For some time, because of the sudden burst on internet searches, Google News was inaccessible Thursday afternoon right as news of Jackson’s death began to circulate.

Traffic was later monitored coming not only from online computer users but also saw a huge spike in mobile searches. Jackson’s related searches set a record for unique visitors in a single day with 16.4 million visitors, and its lead story on Jackson’s death was the most highly-visited story in its history.