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Vulgar post lands on prominent blogs, Tumblr patches vulnerability

Vulgar post lands on prominent blogs, Tumblr patches vulnerability
  • Posted December 4, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Tumblr says it has addressed a vulnerability which allowed hackers to force visitors into unwittingly reposting an offensive, expletive-ridden message condemning the "tasteless" and "bourgeoisie" blog site. More than 8,600 users were affected -- Cnet, USA Today and The Verge were…

Tumblr breaks into top 10 US web destinations, 170M monthly visitors

Tumblr breaks into top 10 US web destinations, 170M monthly visitors
  • Posted November 27, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Many are aware that Tumblr is one of the most popular blogging platforms on the Internet but now there’s some hard data to back up those claims. Web measurement outfit Quantcast claims the service is now among the top 10…

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