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Google Guy Matt Cutts hacked

Discussion in 'Websites' started by Pierce, Mar 31, 2007.

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Hacked or not?

Poll closed Apr 3, 2007.
  1. No way, silly rabbit. April Fool's

    70 vote(s)
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  2. Yes, this is serious.

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    27.1%
  1. #1
    Just after upgrading his WordPress blog to 2.1.x and noticing he was having wierd get requests he was hacked.

    Just goes to show it can happen to even the best of people.

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  3. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    #3
    April Fool
     
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  4. MikeLugar

    MikeLugar Well-Known Member

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    #4
    Wow, I hate those hacker retards, you guys are probably right, it's probably for april fools like shoemoney's thing.
     
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  5. DiscJockey

    DiscJockey Well-Known Member

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    #5
    It's an April fools joke. ;)
     
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  6. MrX

    MrX Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Wow right before April Fool's Day...and by a group calling themselves "Dark SEO". Quite the coincidence.
     
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  7. Pierce

    Pierce Active Member

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    #7
    sure linking right back to darkseo.com

    he could get fired for pulling a stunt like that.
     
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  8. jabb

    jabb Peon

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    #8
    Its his personal blog, why would they fire him?
     
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  9. magnoliaweb

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    #9
    I know that I am naive in the ways of black hat, hacking and the like but this seems pretty legit to me. Doesn't make sense that Matt Cutts would do this as an April Fools joke. Maybe it was a planned attack for april 1. Who knows. I don't find it funny though.
     
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    Anything can get hacked no matter what theres no protection from it....It can be for april fools also
     
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  11. jdR!pper

    jdR!pper Peon

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    This could be about April Fools' Day or the site can really be hacked.

    --Joe
     
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  12. lorien1973

    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    #12
    yes those are the two available options ;)
     
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  13. m0rtal

    m0rtal Well-Known Member

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    #13
    Come on guys, you really think if it was hacked it would be like that for this long? noooooooo i don't think so
     
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  14. Pierce

    Pierce Active Member

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    #14
    well his blog stated that he would not be online till monday. (i have the feed).

    He can get fired, because he is associated and repesentative of google. Just because its a personal blog doesnt mean its exempt from scrutany.

    Pierce
     
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    Wow MAn!!!

    Jakomo
     
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    #16
    I have taken a look by clicking on the link and I have read some of the blog and by the sounds of it, Matt Cutt wouldn't have written the stuff on the blog as most of it is against what Google is doing and Matt Cutts' blog was the favourable target for the hack as it is making no money so they thought they would hack mattcutts blog to get the word about when it comes to all of the software bugs in Googles search algorithum.

    So it looks as if this is a real hack by the Dark SEO Team and not an april fools.

    Matt Cutts has been taken over by the Dark SEO Team. Interesting.
     
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    Your Content Banned

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  18. gogiants

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    #18
    what... where is Matt Cutts
     
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    #19
    Isn't it a little odd how the code of his usual blog page and the "hacked page" is similar. :p
     
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    #20
    lol, good april fool stunt. I never saw something like this before. hahaha

    Really gr8...AF
     
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