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Did you see NBC's site was hacked?

Nov 4, 2012 6:33 PM

If you go to m.nbc.com it says "Hacked by Pyknic". Not sure how long it will take them to get this fixed, but it is kind of interesting.

Article here:

http://betabeat.com/2012/11/nbc-website-hacked-nbc-com-hackers-guy-fawkes-night-november-5-anonymous/

EDIT: Looks like the whole NBC site was hacked, not just the mobile one.

EDIT2: Does anyone know the song playing? Shazam cant find it.

the18thtee84 the18thtee84

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nbc.com looks to be up, but sluggish. However, this may be normal since I don't frequent that site.

jsimsace jsimsace
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m.nbc.com is giving a 409 error. Main site is up, though.

thumperchick thumperchick
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@jsimsace: In my experience, nbc.com as well as about 90% of TV and radio channels have websites that are incredibly cluttered and slow

danpalm danpalm
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Well, that's interesting.

But the question still boggles me, why?

joshobra joshobra
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@joshobra: The only logical reason is to post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNZ9stU6zq4

jrpigman jrpigman
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As a precaution, it might be a bad idea to visit a website that has been hacked....

Remember, when you go to a website, your computer downloads things on the page to be able to show you what's there. This includes every image on the page, various icons, and whatever else might be lurking on the page including viruses.

I can't seem to find the article right now, but an off-shoot of Anonymous (can't remember if it was OpAnon or LulzSec) used to put viruses in links from their twitter feed to pages that contained a code that allowed them to use your computer for DDoS attacks unknowingly to the owner of the computer.

So please exercise some caution... you never know what you might be getting yourself into.

grimskull89 grimskull89
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@the18thtee84: The song is Savages by Dyad Souls: http://www.youtube.com/embed/8bOOcgNEHiw?rel=0&autoplay=1

supersox supersox
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If you like it click on the this for the mouse over comments. http://xkcd.com/932/
Reminds me of this:

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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@caffeine_dude: You beat me to it. It's exactly like that.

apocello42 apocello42

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