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Nov
2007

Cow is HACKED!

John Chow.com wannabe John Cow.com got hacked today. The page redirects to “http://johncow.com/hacked/” The hackers want $100 (only that much?). I guess they expect $100 from everyone visiting John Cow. Or is it just a game played by John Cow to get his visitors’ money? Here is a screenshot of their cool hacked page:

Cow is HACKED!

The PayPal account is registered to “cownapper@johncow.com” and the payment info says “free the cow“.

Well of course there is the other possibility that he is trying to get more backlinks. I would say this is an incredible linkbait, and would explain the 24 hour limit.

UPDATE: Appearently, Cow wasn’t hacked at all as some of you have guessed.

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8 Responses


1
Ales on 11.07.2007 at 1:16 am

If you click on Paypal button it says only 1$, not 100$.

I belive it is a joke…

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Turk Hit Box on 11.07.2007 at 1:27 am

I believe its a very brilliant linkbait. Let's say its hacked. Its logical for the hacker to ask for  $1 payments     

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Andy on 11.07.2007 at 2:50 am

Yep, it is a joke.  He just posted yesterday about the importance of backing up your blog.  One of his friends just got hacked.

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John Cow Hacks His Own Site | Link Bait Me on 11.07.2007 at 7:55 am

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seoz87 on 11.07.2007 at 3:09 pm

An Excellent LinkBait

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tobe on 11.07.2007 at 4:10 pm

who the heck is john cow anyway?

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Rhonda on 11.07.2007 at 8:28 pm

John Cow is starved for traffic so he will do anything for publicity.The domain name is a spoof of John Chow, it's a total joke, if they were both corporations then John Chow could take the cow to the cleaners!

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Is there any integrity left in the world of blogging? on 11.08.2007 at 4:55 am

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