Saturday, May 12, 2012

Interesting View On Las Vegas Sun Editorial Page

Reported Attack Site!
This web site at www.lasvegassun.com has been reported as an attack site and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Attack sites try to install programs that steal private information, use your computer to attack others, or damage your system.

Some attack sites intentionally distribute harmful software, but many are compromised without the knowledge or permission of their owner'
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/11/fixing-education-nevada-layoffs-teachers/?hpop 
I have no idea if the Sun was hacked or what.  But this was the first time I have ever seen this on a web page.

Update:  Here is the Las Vegas's Sun's explanation: 
Overnight and into this morning, Google scared Sun readers from visiting stories displayed on our homepage, displaying a screen that warned that the page had been blocked for security reasons. It allowed readers to ignore the warning, but suggested that would come at the risk of great peril. Another option for readers was to click on the button “Get me out of here!”
That was rather unsettling. With that exclamation point, who dared proceed?
But yet, Google’s own supporting information (available to readers who clicked on the button “Why was this page blocked?”) reported that in 337 random pages it tested over the past 90 days, it found no evidence of malicious software. None. Moreover, Google said that our website was not serving as an intermediary for any viruses. In other words, we were clean.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/13/google-issues-false-warning-about-security-suns-we/

Deep down they are probably saying it was a prank by one of the following: Sharon Angle, The Tea Pary, Me, Brian Sandoval, Dina Titus, Conservatives, George Bush, Scott Walker, The Koch Brothers, Dean Heller, Rep. Joe Heck, The LVRJ, Rush Limbaugh, Fox TV, Heidi Harris, People who hate taxes etc. 

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