MSN Search PageJacking

[Teddie]

I've posted this to WMWorld already but figure you might also be interested.

I have started seeing links from places where they shouldn't be. A quick examination of the results shows that the database is nailed.

I'll take the New Scientist as an example and pick a site they link to:

Query-
link:www.reviewcentre.com newscientist.com

URL-
http://beta.search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=link%3Awww.reviewcentre.com+newscie ntist.com&FORM=QBRE

Check the cache on a lot of the results - its their content but not their site.

Pages show up with the New Scientist content on it, even though the headers are:

http://www.nsplus.com/
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:32:09 GMT
Server: Orion/2.0.3
Content-Length: 195
Connection: Close
Content-Type: text/plain
Location: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/
Redirect Target: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/

#2 Server Response: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/
HTTP Status Code: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:32:10 GMT
Server: Orion/2.0.3
Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=HCEODGICMKLE; Path=/
Cache-Control: private
Connection: Close
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8

Blatantly not the new scientist.

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[PikoTech]

Maybe this is why the full release that they were talking about was put back.

Hmm, I'm hoping when this is fixed, it doesn't effect my excellent positions in MSN.

Well spotted though.