Ask HN: Hijacked Google Search Results?

Posted by throway1000 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:02AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Are these normal results from google or is it somehow hijacked?

https://i.imgur.com/i2uDpAW.png

the links are to phishing sites

this is a fresh install and only used libgen and reddit

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Re:Ask HN: Hijacked Google Search Results? by nodex-alex on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:16AM (#26634848)

The four that I checked with similar output to you are all wordpress websites which means they've most likely been hacked and are being used for nefarious purposes including what you're witnessed.

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Re:Ask HN: Hijacked Google Search Results? by throway1001 on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:32AM (#26635029)

Oh. That's sad. Thank you.

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Re:Ask HN: Hijacked Google Search Results? by nodex-alex on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @10:18AM (#26634867)

(From your screenshot)

Macvalves = Wordpress

ISMRM = Wordpress

XBRL = Wordpress

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