By me: A major online ads company that claims to serve 1.5 billion ads a day was hacked and began serving malware designed to steal a person's crypto. This is the latest perfect example why you should use an ad-blocker.
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Zack Whittaker
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2026-08-04 12:15:22 UTC
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2026-08-04 12:15:22 UTCEvent JSON
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