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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 09:55 PM Mar 2020

Wow. Worldometers.info was hacked earlier?

This is at the top of the page right now

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

We apologize for the temporary disservice that you may have experienced. For about 20 minutes, our site showed clearly incorrect data due to a malicious act. We have investigated the issue and we're now implementing protective measures to prevent this from happening again. The other day we got hit with a big DDoS attack. Now this. We'll continue with our daily efforts and we'll not give up.
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Wow. Worldometers.info was hacked earlier? (Original Post) Roland99 Mar 2020 OP
yes, it showed the Vatican as leading the list with over 20,000 cases NRaleighLiberal Mar 2020 #1

NRaleighLiberal

(60,008 posts)
1. yes, it showed the Vatican as leading the list with over 20,000 cases
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 09:57 PM
Mar 2020

weird negative numbers sprinkled around the chart

Didn't think hack so much as just a faulty update.

Just shows how situations like this bring out the best - and the worst - in people

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