Believe it or Not, Google ToolBar can be hacked

By Om Malik | Sunday, October 9, 2005 | 10:39 AM PT | 1 comment |

Google ToolBar can be hacked, domains hi-jacked and redirected according to Roger Karlsson. He has videos as well. Apparently this is a crazy problem only on Windows Internet Explorer. They have some interesting graphics as well. Hey Google people, time to investigate?

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  • I might actually gain some respect for the Department of Homeland Security if they devoted resources to investigating stuff like this and warning the public. We need a sort of IT Surgeon General to warn us that easily/frequently hacked stuff like IE are bad for our health.

    Jesse Kopelman — 12:52 PM on October 10, 2005
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