Among the 8,600-odd Tumblr accounts hacked today (Dec. 3) were the notable media brands USA Today, Reuters, CNET and The Verge, per a CNET post. An anti-blogging group—which goes by an acronym for a racist/offensive name, so click with caution—called GNAA has taken credit for the malicious effort, according to a Gawker story this afternoon.
The group overtook Tumblr accounts with a 184-word diatribe that ended by threatening affected consumers and companies that deleting the post would delete their account on the site.
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