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WordPress Sites Worldwide Hit with ‘Call-Girl’ Search-Engine Pollution

A web spam campaign that targets Koreans is creating problems for site administrators around the world. Hackers are compromising vulnerable Korean-language WordPress websites, but are also polluting search engine results for non-hacked sites globally. The campaign is looking to drive traffic to spammy websites with three main themes: Call girls for travelers, online gambling and off-white merchandise Each theme uses hundreds of specific keywords (in Korean) to attract visitors, such as motel travel massage or beautiful sister in business trip

Source: https://threatpost.com/wordpress-sites-call-girl-search-engine-pollution/145555/

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