Shields Up!: The U.K. gets hacked, hackers exploit a tragedy, and malware hits ATMs

This week let’s take a look at what’s happening in the news. It seems malware is everywhere!

Our first report comes from England where it’s been discovered that hundreds of government run websites have been hacked. Anyone visiting them is redirected to either a porn site or a shady pharmacy hawking discount Viagra. What’s particularly disturbing about the attacks is that many of the websites hit belong to elementary schools and are used regularly by students. That means children are being redirected to the porn and Viagra sites!

The U.K. government hasn’t made any comment on the attacks but experts say the sites were likely hit because of their high rankings in search results and were easily attacked because of poor programming and/or security.