"Organized Crime and the Internet," McAfee Virtual Criminology Report, http://www.mcafee.com/us/local_content/white_papers/threat_center/wp_virtual_criminology_report_2007.pdf
"Just like with social networking sites like My Space, the very openness of Wikepedia that allows its users to freely add or edit available content has made it an attractive target for virus authors to plant malicious code in articles. In October 2006, a piece on the German edition of Wikepedia was rewritten to contain false information about a supposedly new version of the infamous Blaster worm, along with the link to a supposed fix. In reality, the link pointed to a malware designed to infect Windows PCs.
An e-mail was also mass spammed to German computer users requiring them to download a security fix. The e-mail was crafted to supposedly appear from Wikepedia, complete with an official with an official Wikepedia logo."
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