Blackhat SEO: Website Hijacking through outdated code. U.S. could be next.


	Blackhat SEO: Website Hijacking through outdated code. U.S. could be next.

iCoastal Net Designs

6-11-2009 4:03 PM

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iCoastal Net Designs says:

Though this article obviously unearthed the problem in the UK, I wouldn't doubt that it's coming across the pond (or already has). After all the UK is much more tech savvy than the US. Good lesson to learn. Always update your software, code, feeds, browsers, apps, etc. There are bad people everywhere, not just in the UK

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