Northern Irish firm Holmes & Moffitt has become an unwitting vendor of dietary supplements.
Unusually for a law firm, it splits its website into five main sections: 'Home', 'About Us', 'What We Do', 'Contact Us', and 'Weight Loss Pills'.
The link takes browsers who came for conveyancing advice but stayed for a fat-shedding miracle to a hacked and amended section of the firm's website. It displays a long, nonsensical screed which reads like Yoda dictating his diet philosophy while having a fit. RollOnFriday does not advise reading it, even though it contains several promising names for indie bands (underlined).
The last time hackers altered a law firm's website it was to sell viagra. The blackhats have done a far more invasive and professional job this time, although Holmes & Moffit is only the latest target in the profession. A tech-savvy ex-client recently created a rude clone of an Austrian firm's official site, while last year Olswang staff were fooled into paying scammers tens of thousands of pounds. Last week it was revealed that Burges Salmon's website had been duplicated by conmen who even stole the profiles of some of its lawyers.
Holmes & Moffitt failed to respond to a request for comment.
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Unusually for a law firm, it splits its website into five main sections: 'Home', 'About Us', 'What We Do', 'Contact Us', and 'Weight Loss Pills'.
The link takes browsers who came for conveyancing advice but stayed for a fat-shedding miracle to a hacked and amended section of the firm's website. It displays a long, nonsensical screed which reads like Yoda dictating his diet philosophy while having a fit. RollOnFriday does not advise reading it, even though it contains several promising names for indie bands (underlined).
The last time hackers altered a law firm's website it was to sell viagra. The blackhats have done a far more invasive and professional job this time, although Holmes & Moffit is only the latest target in the profession. A tech-savvy ex-client recently created a rude clone of an Austrian firm's official site, while last year Olswang staff were fooled into paying scammers tens of thousands of pounds. Last week it was revealed that Burges Salmon's website had been duplicated by conmen who even stole the profiles of some of its lawyers.
Holmes & Moffitt failed to respond to a request for comment.
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