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Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on United
- defen 18y ago> The comedy of errors began with just one reader who went to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s website and viewed a 2002 article on United Airlines’ bankruptcy. > That single visit in the early hours of Sunday morning, a period of low traffic, apparently bumped it into a "Popular Stories" in the business section. New business strategy for botmasters: find old stories on news sites that do this "Popular Stories" thing, buy/sell stock, get the stories onto the front page with the botnet, profit!
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- vaksel 18y agosolution: don't believe everything you read on the internet