# GM Hacked / Pranked

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [October 13, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440 "2011-10-13T07:04:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/1 "2011-10-13T07:04:19Z")

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I would have kept it!

> GM officials said computer technicians found an unauthorized software program had been installed on a wireless router, and the program was altering the way Web pages were displayed to insert the word “sucks” after any mention of certain rivals on computers linked to the network.
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> The word “sucks” appeared after mentions of Chrysler, Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and Honda Motor Co. on any searches or references to those companies conducted on computers using the GM network. Web references were not permanently altered because the word was inserted only onto the displays of computers using that one network.
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> The word did not appear after mentions of Nissan Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Co., or Volkswagen AG.

[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576626982322048592.html?mod=WSJ\_auto\_IndustryCollection](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576626982322048592.html?mod=WSJ_auto_IndustryCollection)

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/2 "2011-10-13T07:42:59Z")

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Sounds like an inside job.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/3 "2011-10-13T08:13:21Z")

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At least the hackers were truthful…

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**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/4 "2011-10-13T08:14:58Z")

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They should have fixed it by turning the code around to say GM “sucks the life out of an economy”.  
Too soon? LOL

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**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/5 "2011-10-13T08:39:03Z")

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> [@Joe](#):
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> At least the hackers were truthful…

👏

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/6 "2011-10-13T09:30:59Z")

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[http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html](http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html)

It’s similar to doing this

I would be more worried if I was GM that someone was proxying all their internet traffic :lol:

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**Author:** ![Maverick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Maverick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Maverick)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/7 "2011-10-13T22:12:20Z")

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they didn’t bash Nissan? its a sonner for sure

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**Author:** ![Turbodub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbodub/32/6155_2.png) [@Turbodub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Turbodub)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/8 "2011-10-13T23:58:28Z")

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As soon as I read it I thought, Italian job. Don’t know why

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**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-hacked-pranked/217440/9 "2011-10-14T05:44:43Z")

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I used that wifi at lunch on my phone, but didn’t make any searches that would have tiggered this.  
Funny.