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Yesterday on July 4th 2010, all over twitter it said not to get on youtube because it has been hacked? - lalalalala - 11-19-2012 03:05 AM
& it said if you get on it will hack your computer...& i just wanted to know if t was ok to get n Youtube now, like is it safe?
- Ben - 11-19-2012 03:13 AM
YouTube was not hacked. It was a bug in the comment system that let people run scripts in the comments. By default, you can't see the comments now. As long as you don't turn on the comments, you're safe.
- steindor - 11-19-2012 03:13 AM
the attack is over.
Youtube had an issue with their html parser, if you used the <script> tag combined with the <marquee> tag you could get past their parser and post whatever code you wanted into their website.
some people used this exploit to redirect people to all kinds of shock material.
guy above me has outdated information, the underlying problem has been fixed, you can browse youtube safely now.