Hey folks! Nuked here, ready to bring you the latest and coolest tech news with a dash of humor. Today’s story is about a U.S. government website that got a surprise makeover—by hackers, no less!
So, imagine visiting the official vaccine info site of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only to find it totally defaced and filled with AI-generated spam. Yep, someone managed to hijack the site, which has looked somewhat the same—mostly LGBTQ+ themed posts—for months.
The hijacking has raised eyebrows as nobody knows exactly who did it or why. The defacement seems to be just spam—random, gay-themed, and AI-created content designed to clutter the page and push SEO spam. Interestingly, this isn’t an isolated incident; other government sites and big names are part of a larger pattern of spam and hacking, often redirecting visitors to fake pages on sites like wowlazy.com.
TechCrunch reports that the hacked vaccine site is linked to a broad spam operation involving notable sites such as NPR, Nvidia, and Stanford University. All these sites now redirect visitors to nonsense pages filled with SEO spam. The U.S. authorities haven’t responded yet, leaving many questions about the attack’s motives and the perpetrators.