Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack
Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that tries to infect PCs with malicious software, according to security vendor Websense.
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Mass hacking attack
Once again I have to ask:Is the author a poor reporter or is the source enhancing fact?
If, indeed, "affected sites have been hacked to host JavaScript code that directs people to a fake Google Analytics Web site" then it would be a simple and responsible thing to do to publish the fake URL. That way site owners could easily verify an infection and correct it.
The way the story is written doesn't really help.
what version of javascript
which webservers and versions are effected by the javascript attack? do you have references to the statistics?