Komen Foundation Controversy Spurs Website Hack. The website of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was briefly tampered with by hackers early Thursday morning. Komen, the highest-funded breast cancer organization in the U.S., has been coming under fire for its decision to end financial support of Planned Parenthood. The hack, first noticed by Gather, affected users visiting the site around 12:30 a.m. ET Thursday. The hack was a redirect, sending users from Komen's site to a fake site. The dummy site looked nearly identical to the real thing, save an advertisement for a running marathon designed to raise money for Komen. The original, which reads "help us get 26.2 or 13.1 miles closer to a world without breast cancer:" And the hacker's version, "help us run over poor people on the way to the bank:" According to Gather, the hacking effort was so thorough, it even redirected search engine results for Komen.
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