Post by caolang on May 29, 2013 0:06:13 GMT -5
Without notice, millions of tweeted URLs that use the URL shortener service "Th8.us" are suddenly showing ads at the top of the destination URLs homepage. Th8.us is used by over 28 million URLs! Many of the victims (I'll call them victims because I don't think they know about the change) use Th8.us through the popular WordPress plugin Tweet This.
Tweet This and the URL shortener Th8.us is owned by Richard X. Thripp. I'm unaware if this is something that was added by Richard or if his domain was hacked. If it was added by Richard, then I think users should have been notified and given the option to decline the ads. I don't really have an issue with people monetizing products, however, the way it has been executed seems like a vulnerability / hijacking of the website.
The ad appears at the very top of the page with a "Hide this" link.