Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai
2010
28. XSS vulnerability found on You Tube
On the 4th of July 2010 YouTube users began complaining that their videos had been hijacked, the comments section oftheir videos seemed to be most severely affected, many complained that old comments vanished commentscould not be added. Others reported that offensive messages were popping up on their screen or horizontally inlarge fonts and striking colours. Some users also seemed to suggest that there were experiencing redirects, often tosites promoting pornographic content.
YouTube Withinminutes it was apparent that the YouTube website was under attack.
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