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To: Revolting cat!

Hacks happen.

Not so long ago, I searched Google for Fiji, and the official Fiji government site description said, “Buy Viagra on-line! Cheapest prices!” Since I don’t think the government of Fiji is selling Viagra, I put in a report to Google about it. It was fixed within a minute, and the Fiji government site now says “Official Fiji Government website...”


26 posted on 09/12/2012 8:09:59 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: exDemMom

Often times that is due to a re-direct within your own system or router. Wouldn’t know for sure that the site was compromised except to go in through a completely different route. The rapid correction makes it more likely the problem was on your machine, since actual changes take time to install and/or propagate. It would have been interesting to know the actual IP you were accessing before and after the fix.


38 posted on 09/12/2012 9:11:10 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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