Hacked URL service puts users at risk

Two million Cligs URLs redirected in weekend attack (Hackers are targeting shortened URL services)

Hacked URL service puts users at risk

Two million Cligs URLs redirected in weekend attack

Phil Muncaster

vnunet.com, 17 Jun 2009

Surfers are being warned not to click on shortened URLs on sites such as Twitter, after it emerged that a major URL shortening service was hacked at the weekend.

Services provided by firms such as TinyURL, Bit.ly and Cligs have become increasingly popular, as they allow URLs to be displayed in a more succinct form.

However, Cligs, which is seen as the fourth most popular shortening service, suffered a hacking incident in which more than two million URLs were apparently changed to a single URL, directing users to a story about Twitter hashtags by blogger Kevin Sablan of the Orange County Register.

For Detailed News Viist :

1) http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2244273/shortened-url-service-under

2) http://blog.cli.gs/news/hack-update

Safty Tips :

1) Avoid clicking on links such as twitter.com coz it may redirect u to fake pages.

2) Avoid clicking on links sent through popular messengers such as yahoo,rediff.