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Millions of Pages Google Hijacked using ODP Feed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-this-isn't-going-well dept.

The Real Nick W writes "Threadwatch reports that millions of pages are being Google Hijacked using the 302 redirect exploit and the ODP's RDF dump. The problem has been around for a couple of years and is just recently starting to make major headlines. By using the Open Directory's data dump of around 4 million sites, and 302'ing each of those sites, the havoc being wreaked on the Google database could have catastrophic effects for both Google and the websites involved."

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  1. OMG!!! by justforaday · · Score: 1, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    OMG!!! Slashdot's been hijacked too!

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  2. I've had it with Google! by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the last straw! I'm going back to MSN, where I know that my data and privacy are being protected!!

    *duck*

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  3. Re:Ugh. This is so not true. by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a placeholder rebuttal, I'll post why your arguments are COMPLETELY STUPID after you actually post them.

  4. Re:Ugh. This is so not true. by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a placeholder troll. I'll post why you are an idiot and why Google r0x0r5 after you post your rebuttal but before I read it, as well as before I read the argument you are rebutting or the article.

  5. Re:Ugh. This is so not true. by Hinhule · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think this classic is in order.

  6. Gopher by one_i_blind · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why Gopher will always be better than your feable world wide web junk.

    1. Re:Gopher by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude - the single biggest difference between Gopher and the web is that Gopher contains far fewer spelling errors. I hear that there are differences regarding interactivity, graphics, layout, and so forth; but those are all immaterial.

  7. Wait... by dark-br · · Score: 5, Funny


    Damn Google!!! Do you mean this is not www.kuro5hin.org ??

  8. Re:Do what I'm going to do... by ceejayoz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, 'cause the non-techie investors read Slashdot...

  9. The super-slashdotting by kunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can imagine it now... The slashdotting to end all slashdots. If every site in google was 302 redirected to RIAA.com How amazing would that be...

  10. Bleh... by Patrick+Mannion · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was thinking that some major crisis had broken out and a million pages were hijacked at once creating something bigger than any other Internet event other, and it caused Google's stock to tank and force to them go private again, lay off workers and go bankrupt. But that's crazy. But still, word it right. Damn it.

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  11. Re:Google Cookie last until 2038! by Oxy+the+moron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Considering the timespan between Windows re-formats/re-installations, that isn't really all that unreasonable...

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  12. Re:Robot.txt by catalina · · Score: 5, Funny

    .....and get AsianHookers.com, etc.

    couldn't you have made that a link so I can just click on it?

  13. Talk about redirect. by pg110404 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I was on slashdot reading all this stuff when my browser redirected to porn sites......

    Oh wait. I got bored and did a search for porn...

    I guess that's different.

  14. Re:Ugh. This is so not true. by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is a placeholder karma whore. I'll post about how this is really part of Microsoft's grande evil plan. Best part is, I'll get a higher score than any of you!

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  15. Re:Doesn't effect Yahoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Funny, since I just read it in a post way 'above' yours...

  16. Re:Robot.txt by ToddBox · · Score: 2, Funny

    You must be talking about Yahoo.

  17. Or to put it another way... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's see if I'm understanding this right. Correct me if I'm wrong...

    I set up a goat.cx mirror. The goat.cx mirror contains a 302 redirect to slashdot.org, making Google think that my content has been temporarily moved to slashdot.org. Therefore Google thinks that what's at slashdot.org is just a temporary version of what's normally at my website. Therefore people who would have been sent to Slashdot get sent to my site instead, i.e. people trying to find Slashdot via Google get goatse'd.

    Correct?