Google recently pulled about 20 ads that were linked to data theft. These ads were stealing personal and banking information from those who were searching specific links such as the Better Business Bureau. Gee, what else is new? No one can or will ever be completely safe. There is always a chance that data theft could happen to any of us and the more time that passes the more vunerable we all become. Those who were targeted were Windows XP users who had not updated their security.
"They said the attack was unlikely to undermine Google's core business of selling lucrative advertising links, which made up the bulk of the Mountain View-based company's $3.08 billion in profit in 2006 and $1 billion in the first quarter of 2007 alone."
'We canceled the affected ads as soon as we were made aware of the problem," the company said in a statement. "Overall, Google is committed to ensuring the safety and security of our users and our advertisers. We actively work to detect and remove sites that serve malware to our users both in our ad network and in our search results.'
What is even more amazing to me is how they can catch these problems, isolate the source, and stop the problem before it gets out of hand. I guess if you had profits of over 1 billion in the first quarter you would definitely want to protect your consumers!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18348120/
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