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December 27, 2024

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North Korea news site New Focus International hacked

Search results from Bing and Google redirect the user to numerous adult websites

North Korea news site New Focus International has been hacked, with search engine results sending the user to various adult websites.

The form of attack is called a conditional redirect, where a piece of code or virus checks the source of a request and then sends the user to a different site to the one listed on the search engine.

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