So, it looks like Mac Rumors Live was hacked. From various message boards I peruse, people are saying that 4Chan was the cause of this (also important to note that there were 4Chan ads being used on the page before it went down). Apparently, they were posting updates such as
- "Steve Jobs has died."
- "No he hasn't."
- "Oops, I was wrong, he did."
The usual tomfoolery that 4Chan is known for, really. My guess is that they gained access through a security hole related to the way in which the macrumor's crew performs their live updates. I'm not sure how they're updating their site but it wouldn't surprise me. Both Macrumors.com and macrumorslive.com were down about 30 minutes ago but is back up as of 14:20 EST. Hopefully they fix the security holes which allowed this little attack.
I've also heard that 4Chan were the reason this little search term was so popular on Google Trends. Probably just some scripting to search for the term but who knows? 4Chan is sort of that little dark corner of the internet that people try to ignore but ends up affecting everyone.