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Hackers Unleash Porn on Prospective Tourists

What do you think of when you plan to visit Britain? The Queen and her corgis, maybe, or shopping at Harrod's, London Bridge, perhaps even a stop at Stonehenge. Would pornographic sites cross your mind? No, of course not, they're British!

But pornographic sites are exactly what crossed a number of people's web browsers recently when they dropped by the Visit Britain website. It seems that a hacker with a particularly twisted sense of humor had changed some of the links in the section on Cardiff, redirecting prospective visitors to some graphic porn. As one websurfer said:

I wanted to see what kind of things were being done to promote Cardiff and I was just amazed when I saw this website link; I couldn't believe it.

Don't click away too fast--the tourist board has corrected the link and apologized for any offence it might have caused. But then again, perhaps it'll increase the visitor figures for Cardiff.

[Photo: Elliot Moore]

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