UMass website hacked, Google searchers get offer to sell Viagra
A lot of people who did a Google search for UMass Amherst Wednesday morning found themselves with a bitter pill to swallow -- and it wasn't blue.
For a time, a Google search for the state’s flagship public university returned an offer to sell the blue pill knowns as Viagra, complete with the promise of free shipping. Under that solicitation was the regular description the university wants to use, describing the 1,400-acre campus as offering a rich cultural environment in a rural setting.
When reached Wednesday, UMass spokesman Edward F. Blaguszewski confirmed that the incident took place and said the university’s information technology staff was working hard to correct it. The problem seemed to have been corrected by 10:30 a.m. But at least some damage had been done. An image of the Google results page with the UMass Viagra ad was already circulating social media like Twitter and Tumblr.
