YouTube to Be Hacked by Malicious Hackers

On Sunday YouTube was attacked by malicious hackers. They used a cross-site scripting vulnerability on the site and hit sections where users post their comments.

According to Google, it was decided to hide comments within an hour. The company unveiled a complex of fix to solve the issue. But still Google is studying the vulnerability in order to prevent similar issues in future.

It turned out that the target of attackers was Justin Bieber, a singer. They incorporate code into YouTube pages in order visitor could see tasteless messages about the star. Moreover, there were massages that redirected to external sites which provide adult content.

YouTube is considered to be the most popular video site. It was estimated that in May 14.6 billion video clips were watched at Google sites, mostly at YouTube.

Due to YouTube’s hack it was decided by Apple to check whether purchases on iTunes App Store were made without victims’ permission taking advantage of their credit cards. Also the company asked its Store customers to check for any unusual activity on their accounts.