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January 9, 2019 09:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/2uOm1UJD3uc/google-search-results-listings-can-be-manipulated-for-propaganda
Google Search Results Listings Can Be Manipulated For Propaganda
A feature of the Google search engine lets threat actors alter search results in a way that could be used to push political propaganda, oppressive views, or promote fake news. From a report: The feature is known as the "knowledge panel" and is a box that usually appears at the right side of the search results, usually highlighting the main search result for a very specific query. For example, searching for Barack Obama would bring a box showing information from Barack Obama's Wikipedia page, along with links to the former president's social media profiles. But Wietze Beukema, a member of PwC's Cyber Threat Detection & Response team, has discovered that you can hijack these knowledge panels and add them to any search query, sometimes in a way that pushes legitimate search results way down the page, highlighting an incorrect result and making it look legitimate. The way this can be done is by first searching for a legitimate item, and pressing the "share" icon that appears inside a knowledge panel.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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