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Web infection attacks more than 100,000 pages

UK Civil Service, UN and EPA among the plagued Hackers have injected malicious code into hundreds of thousands of reputable web pages, turning them into launchpads for attacks that silently install malware on the machines of those who visit them. The UK's... ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Thu, Apr 24 2008

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