Jamie Oliver’s site serves up a tasty slice of malware
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#3B54)
Hackers hijack JamieOliver.com leading some users to download malicious software that could take control of their computers
The official site of TV chef Jamie Oliver, which sees an average of 10m visits per month, has been compromised by hackers serving malicious files to visitors which could take control of their computers.
JamieOliver.com, which is ranked number 538 in the UK according to analytics firm Alexa, was hacked into by criminals, either through a compromised plugin used by Oliver's site or through stolen login details for the site.
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