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Apr 7

Google Malta frontpage defaced

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Once again the front page for Google Malta has been defaced. According to the Times of Malta ...

The Maltese version of the Google homepage has been hacked. Someone added the text: Kull ma trid tkun taf fuq Samuel Borg.

This is not the first time that Google Malta has been hacked, informed sources said. The last time was in April 2005.

Other translations of Google have been hacked in a similar fashion along the years. This was only a superficial hack, involving only the text of the main page, and the search facility worked normally, the sources said.


Samuel Borg must be the new Joe Borg!

Posted by Donald Tabone

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  1. Michael says:
    04/07/2009 08:29:42 PM

    Yes I could not believe my eyes at first! I wonder if they will find the culprit?

  2. Roman says:
    04/08/2009 10:37:28 AM

    Yeap. does any one know technical details ?

    can some one translate "Kull ma trid tkun taf fuq Samuel Borg." is it something like "I F.. You" ? ;-)

  3. maltainfosec says:
    04/08/2009 10:43:08 AM

    It means "All you'd need/like to know about Samuel Borg" - it would seem that the translator pages seemed to have been altered. No further details atm.

  4. Roman says:
    04/08/2009 10:56:48 AM

    I just wonder which kind of attack it was ?
    The only think i imagine is some one gets they're ftp acc. and change the page .

    The google page consist of javascript and html.
    is it possible to change content with malicios javascript ? don't think.

    What are they using for development at least ? is it php ?

  5. sandro gauci says:
    04/08/2009 10:58:11 AM

    James has a good explanation

    http://jamesattard.blogspot.com/2009/04/google-maltese-site-prank.html

  6. Roman says:
    04/08/2009 11:03:54 AM

    Thanks a lot.
    HAHA. So damn easy. Very smart

  7. Malta says:
    04/20/2009 05:25:53 PM

    Unbeleivably simple 'hack' - no real security flaw just a trust in user generated content.

    I wonder how many copycat attempts have/will be made?

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