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Site being highjacked?

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DXBMermaid · 30/12/2013 19:26

Has my Mumsnet been hacked??

Am on my ipad and Mumsnet Talk keeps being redirected to some website selling s€x toys. Seriously annoying! What do I do?

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ColetteTech · 06/01/2014 17:00

Damnit, AliExpress! Can you let me know if this is still happening? We've put in a fix and I'm hoping this has done the trick. Hmm

Colette

MissPlumBroughtALadder · 06/01/2014 03:56

Happened again! Same sex toy site.

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CatherineMumsnet · 04/01/2014 10:17

Hi all, sorry to hear some of you are still having problems with this. The screen grabs are really useful so do keep sending them to Colette at the email address above. We'll flag it to tech again.

CeQueLEnfer · 04/01/2014 08:08

Still happening to me, only on Mumsnet and I am in the UAE.

FutureDreamer · 04/01/2014 05:38

I'm still getting it - it's really frustrating MN, please sort it out!

I have taken screen shots if that helps?

crabb · 03/01/2014 07:49

The AliExpress ads are still appearing at the bottom of the screen on some threads, including the one I clicked on when I got "redirected" - Scared and Exhausted in Pregnancy.

crabb · 03/01/2014 07:37

Ok, I figured it out, emailing now.

crabb · 03/01/2014 07:33

Happened again to me just now. On iPhone, Safari and I'm in Australia. Remind me how to do a screenshot from and iPhone?

ChinngisKhan · 01/01/2014 12:41

Problem solved for me, thanks MNHQ!

juneybean · 01/01/2014 03:30

Umm no I reported this the other day and am in England on a PC (at the time)

Was made to feel like I had a dirty PC.

dubaipieeye · 01/01/2014 03:24

Thank you collette, seems fixed - don't have to worry who is looking over my shoulder now!

jollytummywobbles · 31/12/2013 22:30

I keep getting Jelly Splash pop ups on my phone

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ColetteTech · 31/12/2013 18:38

I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, if you've got any screengrabs then please send them to the usual [email protected] address and someone will forward them on to me, ta!

Happy New Year!

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DXBMermaid · 31/12/2013 18:25

Thanks Colette Tech. Seems to have stopped, if it doe happen again, what is the easiest way to contact you?

Happy New Year!

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spamm · 31/12/2013 15:49

My iPad is in the USA, not using MN app, but has only happened once. Will try and grab a screengrab if it happens again. Thank you!

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ColetteTech · 31/12/2013 15:43

Hi everyone,

Sorry to hear you're being pestered with these ads. Is it fair to say that it's people on iPads outside of the UK that are being targeted?

We've blocked ads coming through from 'Ali Express', this should take effect within the next hour or so, would you be kind enough to let us know if this solves the problem?

With these kind of ads, it's really helpful if you can let us know the name of the site/company that you get redirected to. A screengrab is even better but we appreciate you might not want screengrabs of sex toy websites on your iPad Xmas Grin, although you can delete them straight after, of course.

Thanks for your patience

ColetteTech

differentnameforthis · 31/12/2013 13:07

Aliexpress "Online Shopping for Cheap Automotive, Phones Accessories, Computers Electronics, Fashion, Beauty Health, Home Garden, Toys Sports, Weddings Events" From google

differentnameforthis · 31/12/2013 13:01

Not on dh's iphone either.

differentnameforthis · 31/12/2013 12:59

In Australia, btw

differentnameforthis · 31/12/2013 12:55

Sorry, just did a . to get into threads I'm on...

Checked this on my tablet (Samsung Galaxy) and it isn't happening on either firefox, or the (android) app.

? Issue with apple app?

differentnameforthis · 31/12/2013 12:52

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DXBMermaid · 31/12/2013 12:31

Thank you MNHQ

Hope it's easily fixed!

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RowanMumsnet · 31/12/2013 12:01

OK folks - sorry about this, no idea what's going on but we'll see if our ad team can find out.

beagoodgirl · 31/12/2013 10:09

Happening to me all the time since yesterday,only on mumsnet,Dh happened to look over my shoulder when it came up last night and just gave me a 'look'..

FutureDreamer · 31/12/2013 08:34

I reported thread last night and had a response to which I replied further on here.

I've only seen the issue when on MN but daren't let the kids use my iPad now