Monday, December 3, 2012

Hackers claim 8,600 accounts infected in major Tumblr compromise (update: Tumblr responds)

GNAA Tumblr Hack

A growing number of Tumblr blogs have been hacked by notorious troll group GNAA or the Gay Nigger Association of America, perhaps best known for its association with the recently convicted Andrew Auernheimer or "weev." The GNAA Twitter account says that 8,600 unique users have had their accounts compromised and blogs defaced. While we can't verify that number now, it's visible on several individual blogs, as well as those for Reuters, The Verge, and others. The infected sites now display an exhortation for users to commit suicide, and visiting while logged in will spread the worm to your own blogs. We've contacted Tumblr for comment; for now, it's best to stay away from Tumblr if you've got an account that could be infected.


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/3/3722112/tumblr-hack-gnaa

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