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More than 384,000 websites are linking to a site that was performing a supply-chain attack.
Polyfill[.]com was a legitimate open source project that allowed older browsers to handle advanced functions that weren’t natively supported.
On June 25 , researchers from security firm Sansec reported that code hosted on the polyfill domain had been changed to redirect users to adult- and gambling-themed websites.
The revelation prompted industry-wide calls to take action.
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