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Al Gore's blog -- in which the former presidential candidate-turned-celebrity environmentalist posts updates on global warming and the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' -- has been hacked. But it's likely you'd never know it by looking at the thing.
That's because most of the hack work is hidden. The hackers in this case gained access to the site through a security hole, then inserted hidden links into the blog posts. To see them, check out our gallery of screens below. Hidden in the source code of the site, we found link after link pointing to drugs like Xanax, Viagra, Tramadol, and just about any other drug you can think of. Not terribly riveting, we know, but we just wanted to offer you some proof.
So what's the point of hidden links that you can't see? The answer lies in the results you get on search engines like Google. By hijacking a very popular site like Al Gore's, the hackers can get their own pages more prominently placed in search results on Google. That's because these links can be seen by Google's crawler, which runs through the hidden code of Web pages to figure out where to direct you should you search for something like, say, Xanax. Since these links appear in a very prominent page, in this case Gore's blog, Google's engine thinks they are important, so people who later search for Xanax in Google might very well be redirected to the hacker's Web site over another.
Interestingly, the links point to another site that also seems to have been hacked, making this literal web of intrigue a bit thicker. Don't worry, it's nothing to fear on your end as far as security or viruses are concerened. It's also doubtful that the guilty party will ever be caught, but we're hoping that Al calls his system administrator in short order and gets those links removed. This kind of pollution, at least, is easily cleaned. Unfortunately, right now, some poor chump is probably buying Viagra from the company that employed these hackers to give them Google search prominence.
From PC World
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJoJoDec 2nd 2007 3:03PM
LOL he DIDN'T win the election in 2001 and Kerry didn't win in 2004 despite the democratic party using cemetary and illegal aliens for votes....sheesh!
For the past eight years we've had to listen to Baby Gore whine and manage to divide this country.
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Greg says:
He may have won the election in 2001, and he has done commendable work since then. But he is too out in left field.
Ick TUckDec 2nd 2007 5:21PM
I heard there are votes for Al Goron on those machines Dick Dailey threw in the river in Chicago. Dummycrats victims of vote fraud??????THEY WROTE THE BOOK ON HOW TO DO IT!
Lionel RipepeDec 3rd 2007 3:34AM
Gore`s a commie too! he`s a democrat right ?
TriskadelionDec 3rd 2007 4:37AM
yeah he is a fat tree hugger. and OMG we're killing the planet! no we're not, but we're killing it's ability to support humans. So cram it you short sighted fools, or this final smash and grab of excess could doom your precious progeny to extinction
redy freddyDec 3rd 2007 4:35AM
glad to see that other people see thru Al Gore.. what a windbag telling lies and untruths.
TracieDec 3rd 2007 3:43PM
He is a fraud. He lives in a mansion that is several thousand square feet, and has a power bill of over $2000.00 How 'green' is he? He is laughing all the way to the bank. And people are stupid enough to keep giving him money.
He is an IDIOT. There is no such thing as global warming. Really.
John L.Dec 3rd 2007 7:04PM
Dan K., You are one gullible whacko. Everything I have read from you in these comments comes from the Clinton News Network (CNN) & the other
mainstream liberal media types, ABC, CBS, (MS)NBC and of course CNN. Al Gore couldn't stop a fart from leaving his a-s. He was part of the administration that created the wall of non-communication between the various law and intelligence agencies that would not allow the exchange of information they had on Moussaui and the other hijackers. Bill Clinton with Al Gore and Janet Reno did not want any info passing between the agencies because he and Hillary were being investigated for various scandals. 911 lies squarely on Bill Clinton and Al Gore's administration. We had every opportunity to get Bin Laden in the 90's and Bill Clinton opted to pass on him and continue his golf game, his non-sexual BJ's under his desk and anal cigar poking with Monica Lewinsky. Wake up and smell the roses Dan, you are being fed a bunch of s--t and loving every bite of it. Yes you can reply to this.
MENG FANMINJan 11th 2008 8:28AM
human ...
jerryJan 15th 2008 3:48AM
wow I didn't know people still went to Gore's site.. interesting indeed. :0