A massive link-hijacking scheme has turned corporate social media archives into bizarre and offensive redirects.
Posts from high-profile accounts — including fast-food giants McDonald’s and Burger King, as well as President Donald Trump — are getting hacked, with over decades-old links suddenly redirecting users to unrelated website links including links about 9/11 and the Holocaust.
An unknown party appears to be taking control of expired Bitly link shorteners—a widely used URL-shortening and link-management service—and altering their destinations.
Bitly is used to shorten, share, track, and brand web links, converting long website addresses…
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