Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Justin Bieber false death news spread by Internet pranksters

Popular Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, was recently targeted by hackers and Internet pranksters. Hackers infiltrated his YouTube page and presented false report to the fans that Justin died in a car crash while some hackers directed fans to porn sites.
Initially, Bieber fans were shocked to read news. Google, which owns YouTube, took immediate action and fixed the problem. In a statement Google said,
"We took swift action to fix a vulnerability on Youtube.com that was discovered several hours ago. Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an hour, and we released a complete fix for the issue in about two hours. We're continuing to study the vulnerability to help prevent similar issues in the future,"
The incident took place on July 4, 2010, when Bieber fans wanted to access his videos on YouTube they faced problems. Fans ended up in porn website, blacked-out screens or pop-ups giving out Bieber’s news of death.
Bieber then Tweeted and assured his fans that he is alive and well.
However, the pranksters did not just stop here. Earlier, the pranksters hijacked an online poll which asked the next tour location of Justin and it resulted into half million vote that naming North Korea.
The same group also targeted the phrase “Justin Bieber Syphilis” and took it to the top slot on Google Trends list.
Justin Bieber was born on March 1, 1994 and rose to prominence by posting his videos on YouTube. In 2009, his debut single “One Time” was released and became a superhit. The song was in top 30 list in more than ten countries.

4 comments:

  1. he wasnt born in 1984, that would make him 26

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  2. Justin Bieber's birthday is March 1, 1994, stupid south asia. When you write an article, make sure its right.

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  3. WHY OH WHY hasn't he REALLY died!!!

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  4. omg thats crazy who would do that to JUSTIN?!? i mean i no some people dont like him but they dont have to do that to ruin his career just because they dont have one... Whoever did that should have charges presssed on them by justin and Google. no one has the rights to do this to him

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